Students rated peer tutoring with the VoicePod as acceptable and helpful for learning vocabulary¶
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q2 i? All eight students agreed or strongly agreed they learned new words using the VoicePod; seven of eight agreed it helped during class reading and that it was easy to use and they would use it again. → Mackiewicz 2011
Evidence¶
Mackiewicz 2011¶
Mackiewicz, S. M., Wood, C. L., Cooke, N. L., & Mazzotti, V. L. (2011). Effects of Peer Tutoring With Audio Prompting on Vocabulary Acquisition for Struggling Readers. Remedial and Special Education, 32(4), 345–354. https://doi.org/10.1177/0741932510362507
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Social validity questionnaire with six 4-point Likert-type items read aloud plus two open-ended questions. "All of the students indicated that they agreed or strongly agreed" they learned new words using the VoicePod; six of eight reported using tutored words in writing assignments.
"All of the students indicated that they agreed or strongly agreed with the statement, "I learned new words using the VoicePod.""
Discussion¶
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Students rated peer tutoring with the VoicePod as acceptable and helpful for learning vocabulary |
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Students rated peer tutoring with the VoicePod as acceptable and helpful for learning vocabulary |
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2011 |
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2026-10-20 |
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