Promoting reading comprehension with the use of technology

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 2014 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Computers & Education, volume 75, pages 162-172 (issn: 0360-1315,

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Authors: Larysa V. Lysenko; Philip C. Abrami;

doi: 10.1016/j.compedu.2014.01.010

Promoting reading comprehension with the use of technology

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Abstract The research presented here explores the impact of two web-based applications (an interactive, multimedia literacy software and a digital process portfolio) on early elementary students' reading comprehension. Two studies were conducted during the 2010–2011 and the 2011–2012 school years, targeting 26 teachers from elementary schools (grades 1–2), and their students ( N = 517) from six English school boards in Quebec, Canada. Analyses of covariance showed that students using both tools performed significantly better ( p

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