@noelrap @Cdespinosa when your post mentioned Apple educational research, I thought of this book I read recently. They worked in education but it's about the multimedia lab that closed around 92. Possible you may have worked with someone mentioned, and it has interesting 
HyperCard history. https://www.amazon.com/learn-different-Designing-Multimedia-1987-1992-ebook/dp/B07QCH1VN4/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=VF7IP9C9V09&keywords=learn+different+kristina+hooper&qid=1690535451&sprefix=learn+different+kristina+hooper%2Caps%2C88&sr=8-1