Hyper-reference dictionary users consulted vocabulary twice as often as paper-dictionary users, though comprehension did not differ significantly¶

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q2 i? In Aust, Kelley and Roby's Spanish study, the hyper-reference group looked up vocabulary and references per minute two times more than the paper group, while proposition recall and comprehension did not differ significantly. → Yun 2008

Evidence¶

Yun 2008¶

Yun, J. H. (2008). The Effects of Hypertext Glosses on L2 Vocabulary Acquisition: A Meta-Analysis. Doctoral dissertation, University of Kansas. https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu

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The dissertation reports, citing Aust, Kelley and Roby (1993), a study of 80 fifth-semester Spanish students across four treatments, in which "the hyper-reference group consulted vocabulary and references per minute two times more" than the paper group. The mean number of propositions recalled was not statistically significant between groups.

"the hyper-reference group consulted vocabulary and references per minute two times more than the conventional paper group did regarding consultation frequency and efficiency (consultation per minute)."

Discussion¶

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