Inference-based computer games produce better vocabulary learning than traditional hardcopy word lists¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In the Smith et al. (2013) study reviewed, inference-based computer games resulted in better learning of new vocabulary than traditional hardcopy lists of new words. → Blanka KLIMOVA 2017

Evidence¶

Blanka KLIMOVA 2017¶

Blanka KLIMOVA, Jaroslav KACETL. (2017). Efficacy of Computer Games on Language Learning. TOJET: The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 16(4). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1160637

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Review's Table 1 entry for Smith et al. (2013), USA: 57 participants aged 18–21, two 2-hour sessions; intervention was reading plus a follow-up computer game with no control group; outcome was a vocabulary knowledge scale test.

"The results indicate that inference-based computer games result in better learning of new vocabulary than with traditional hardcopy lists of new words."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Vocabulary — outcome: instruction changes it

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