ERIC Number: EJ1046822
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0738-0569
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Exploring the Use of Podcasts and Vodcasts: Multimedia Tools for Word Learning
Lowman, Joneen
Computers in the Schools, v31 n4 p251-270 2014
The study investigated the impact of podcasts and vodcasts accessed through an iPod on fourth-and sixth-grade students' vocabulary acquisition. Students were randomly assigned to either a podcast group or a vodcast group. Regardless of group assignment, each student completed three six-minute podcasts or vodcasts a day for three days. On average, students learned four out of nine words taught regardless of group assignment. The vodcast group learned significantly more words compared to the podcast group at the receptive level and at the expressive level. Student comments indicated that iPods should be used to teach and to review words.
Descriptors: Multimedia Materials, Technology Uses in Education, Grade 4, Grade 6, Vocabulary Development, Intermode Differences, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Assignments, Word Study Skills, Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Handheld Devices, Electronic Learning, Learning Modules, Student Attitudes, Outcome Measures, Student Surveys, Definitions, Cohort Analysis, Achievement Gains
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Elementary Education; Grade 6; Middle Schools
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Center for Research Resources (NIH/DHHS); National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) (DHHS/NIH)
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Expressive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test
Grant or Contract Numbers: UL1RR033173; UL1TR000117