The Effects of an Intervention in Writing with Digital Interactive Books.
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| Title: | The Effects of an Intervention in Writing with Digital Interactive Books. |
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| Authors: | Curcic, Svjetlana1 (AUTHOR) scurcic@olemiss.edu, Johnstone, Robin S.2 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Computers in the Schools. Apr-Jun2016, Vol. 33 Issue 2, p71-88. 18p. 3 Charts. |
| Subject Terms: | *Computer literacy, *Junior high school students, Writing, Interactive books, Analysis of variance |
| Abstract: | This study examined the effects of an intervention in writing with digital interactive books. To improve the writing skills of seventh- and eighth-grade students with a learning disability in reading, we conducted a quasi-experimental study in which the students read interactive digital books (i-books), took notes, wrote summaries, and acted as reviewers of a set of i-books. A repeated-measures analysis of variance indicated that the intervention group of students significantly outperformed the control group on the following measures of writing: the holistic text quality and the summarization text quality, with large effect sizes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | This study examined the effects of an intervention in writing with digital interactive books. To improve the writing skills of seventh- and eighth-grade students with a learning disability in reading, we conducted a quasi-experimental study in which the students read interactive digital books (i-books), took notes, wrote summaries, and acted as reviewers of a set of i-books. A repeated-measures analysis of variance indicated that the intervention group of students significantly outperformed the control group on the following measures of writing: the holistic text quality and the summarization text quality, with large effect sizes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 07380569 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07380569.2016.1181478 |
