Students using the Parole vocabulary software learned more words than control students over eight weeks¶

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q3 i3 Experimental group students learned significantly more vocabulary than control group students. → Yelbay Yılmaz 2015

Evidence¶

Yelbay Yılmaz 2015¶

Yelbay Yılmaz, Y. (2015). Learning vocabulary in a foreign language: A computer software based model attempt. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 11(2), 23-38. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1105162

q3 · i3 · causal · r2

A quasi-experimental pre-post-test study with 77 university English learners (41 experimental, 36 control) compared groups using mixed between-within ANOVA. The between-group difference was significant, "F (1, 75) = 57.03, p <.001. , η2= .43", a large effect explaining 43% of variance.

"The results of the ANOVA indicated that the difference between the scores of the experimental and control groups at different times (pre-test, immediate post-test, delayed post-test) is significant F (1, 75) = 57.03, p <.001. , η2= .43."

Discussion¶

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