An Investigation of Learner-Control Variables in Vocabulary Learning Using Traditional Instruction and Two Forms of Computer-Based Instruction.

Balajthy, Ernest

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Publication Date: 1988

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An Investigation of Learner-Control Variables in Vocabulary Learning Using Traditional Instruction and Two Forms of Computer-Based Instruction.

Balajthy, Ernest

Reading Research and Instruction, v27 n4 p15-24 Sum 1988

Investigates college students' ability to monitor learner-controlled vocabulary instruction when performed in traditional workbook-like tasks and in two different computer-based formats: video game and text game exercises. Suggests that developmental reading students are unable to monitor their own vocabulary development accurately. (MM)

Descriptors: College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Programed Instructional Materials, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Vocabulary, Workbooks

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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