80% of students did not agree to integrate multimedia-based vocabulary instruction into their curriculum despite its reported effectiveness¶

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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? Hypothesis three, that subjects would have positive attitudes to multimedia as a formal part of their curriculum, was not confirmed; 80% of students did not agree to integration. → Shao 2012

Evidence¶

Shao 2012¶

Jing Shao. (2012). A Study of Multimedia Application-based Vocabulary Acquisition. English Language Teaching, 5(10). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v5n10p202

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Questionnaire data on the third research question, whether the application could be integrated into the teaching curriculum. The author reports the hypothesis was not confirmed and gives four stated reasons: differences from traditional methods, unfamiliarity, lacking computer-operating skills, and lack of motivation.

"Hypothesis three that the subject would have positive attitudes to the application of the multimedia as a formal important part of their curriculum was not confirmed by the data of the questionnaire. 80% of the students didn’t agree to integrate multimedia based instruction into their curriculum although it has proved to be effective"

Discussion¶

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