Students and teachers respond favorably to embedded aids: approximately 90% of students reported no difficulty understanding or using the aids, and over 75% wanted similar aids throughout the book.¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2 · i1 small
Currency · newest study 1977 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
Evidence quality · No study behind this claim is a peer-reviewed article with a DOI: it rests on an ERIC document (a report, conference paper or thesis). It is kept because 2 design pages cite it; treat it as a lead to check, not an established finding.

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Approximately 90% of students said they had no difficulty understanding or using the Aids, and over 75% indicated they would like to see similar Aids throughout the book. → Manzo 1977

Evidence¶

Manzo 1977¶

Manzo, Anthony V. (1977). 'Imbedded Aids' to Readers: Alternatives to Traditional Textual Material. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED136196

q2 · i1 · causal · r1

Student attitude survey data reported in the article alongside the experimental study. The article states "approximately 90% of the students said that they had no difficulty" and "over 75% indicated that they would like to see similar Aids throughout the book."

"approximately 90% of the students said that they had no difficulty understanding or using the Aids, and over 75% indicated that they would like to see similar Aids throughout the book."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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