The SMS group's vocabulary scores rose significantly from post-test to delayed post-test four weeks later¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? The experimental group performed significantly better on the delayed post-test (M=26.78) than on the immediate post-test (M=25.17), t=-2.42, p=.02. → Alemi et al. 2012

Evidence¶

Alemi et al. 2012¶

Minoo Alemi, Mohammad Reza Anani Sarab & Zahra Lari. (2012). Successful Learning of Academic Word List via MALL: Mobile Assisted Language Learning. International Education Studies, 5(6). https://doi.org/10.5539/ies.v5n6p99

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Paired-samples t-test comparing the 28 SMS-group students' post-test (M=25.17, SD=5.74) and delayed post-test (M=26.78, SD=5.43) scores after the 16-week experiment. The article reports the group "performed significantly better in the delayed post-test than the post-test."

"the experimental group performed significantly better in the delayed post-test than the post-test (t= -2.42, p= .02)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Vocabulary — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Both SMS and dictionary groups gained higher mean scores on the delayed post-test than on the immediate post-test — a broader claim this one bears on
• Vocabulary taught via SMS is retained significantly better in the long term than vocabulary learned with a dictionary — related
• University freshmen learning academic vocabulary via SMS show no significant short-term advantage over freshmen learning the same words with a dictionary — related