Inferential word learning accuracy differs between Arabic, Chinese and Portuguese speakers only in the visual modality, with Arabic speakers lower than both Chinese and Portuguese speakers¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r1 · q3 · i2 medium
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q3 i2 In the visual modality, Arabic speakers' word-learning accuracy was lower than that of Chinese speakers (d = 0.612) and Portuguese speakers (d = 0.713), while Chinese and Portuguese did not differ significantly. → Polyanskaya 2024 q3 i? In the auditory modality, accuracy differences between the three language groups were not significant. → Polyanskaya 2024 (2)

Evidence¶

Polyanskaya 2024¶

Polyanskaya, L., El-Dakhs, D. A. S., Tao, M., Chu, F., & Ordin, M. (2024). The effect of writing script on efficiency and metacognitive monitoring in inferential word learning. Metacognition and Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-024-09380-3

q3 · i2 · causal · r1

Mixed-design ANOVA on accuracy (group between-subject, modality within-subject) in the experiment with 84 Arabic, 70 Chinese and 72 Portuguese speakers. The visual-modality group effect was significant with printed effect size η²p = 0.096 (medium), and Arabic speakers scored lower than Chinese (d = 0.612) and Portuguese (d = 0.713) speakers; Chinese vs Portuguese was not significant (p = 0.547).

"In the visual modality, however, the differences were significant, F(2,223) = 11.786, p < 0.001, η2 p = 0.096. Performance of Arabic speakers was lower than that of Chinese speakers, t = 3.78, p < 0.001, d = 0.612 (Cohen’s d), and lower than that of Portuguese speakers, t = 4.44, p < 0.001, d = 0.713."

Polyanskaya 2024 (2)¶

Polyanskaya, L., El-Dakhs, D. A. S., Tao, M., Chu, F., & Ordin, M. (2024). The effect of writing script on efficiency and metacognitive monitoring in inferential word learning. Metacognition and Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-024-09380-3

q3 · i? · causal · r1

Separate ANOVA on accuracy in the auditory modality of the same inferential word-learning experiment found no significant group differences, "F(2,223) = 1.329, p = 0.267"; equivalence was not tested.

"The tests revealed that differences in accuracy between the groups were not significant in the auditory modality F(2,223) = 1.329, p = 0.267."

Discussion¶

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• Linguistic group and perceptual modality show a significant disordinal interaction in metacognition: Arabic speakers monitor better in the auditory modality, Chinese speakers in the visual modality
• Metacognitive sensitivity (meta-d') in the visual modality is highest among Chinese speakers and lowest among Arabic speakers, with no group differences in the auditory modality