Both SMS and dictionary groups gained higher mean scores on the delayed post-test than on the immediate post-test¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2012 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Descriptively, both groups' delayed post-test means exceeded their post-test means, with the experimental group at M=26.78 versus the control group at M=22.09. → Alemi et al. 2012

Evidence¶

Alemi et al. 2012¶

Minoo Alemi, Mohammad Reza Anani Sarab & Zahra Lari. (2012). Successful Learning of Academic Word List via MALL: Mobile Assisted Language Learning. International Education Studies, 5(6). https://doi.org/10.5539/ies.v5n6p99

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Descriptive comparison of delayed post-test means for the SMS group (N=28) and dictionary group (N=17) reported before the inferential test; the article states "both groups have gained higher mean score in the delayed post-test compared to the post-test." No significance test is attached to this descriptive statement.

"both groups have gained higher mean score in the delayed post-test compared to the post-test and the experimental group ,s means (M = 26.78) is higher than that of the control group (M= 22.09) in the delayed post-test."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Vocabulary taught via SMS is retained significantly better in the long term than vocabulary learned with a dictionary — related
• The SMS group's vocabulary scores rose significantly from post-test to delayed post-test four weeks later — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• University freshmen learning academic vocabulary via SMS show no significant short-term advantage over freshmen learning the same words with a dictionary — related