Several teachers found the eBooks not user friendly, citing issues with images covering the text.¶
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Currency · newest study 2020 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
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q2 i? Teachers encountered issues getting eBooks to read to students and found them not user friendly due to images covering the text. → Li 2020
Evidence¶
Li 2020¶
Li, L., Luttgen, K., Huang, K., Weiser, G., Cornfield, O., Hess, H., Chow, E., & Schneider, M. (2020). Hero Elementary Playlist RCT Study in Formal School and Distance Learning Contexts. WestEd. https://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/dd/index.asp
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Teacher report on eBook implementation during in-school use. Several teachers implemented eBooks as individual activities with support; a few read them whole-class first. Teachers cited "issues with the images covering the text". No effect size is reported for this finding.
"There were a few issues with getting the eBooks to read to students, and several teachers found the eBook not user friendly, citing issues with the images covering the text."
Discussion¶
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Several teachers found the eBooks not user friendly, citing issues with images covering the text. |
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Several teachers found the eBooks not user friendly, citing issues with images covering the text. |
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2020 |
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