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Multimedia learning environments for early readers.

Academic Exchange Quarterly

| December 22, 2003 | Zheng, Robert; Smarkola, Claudia | COPYRIGHT 2003 Rapid Intellect Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Abstract

The study examines various practices in using computer-based multimedia in reading instruction. Forty-two second grade students, selected from a rural Midwestern elementary school, were randomly assigned to three groups: traditional, structured multimedia learning and unstructured multimedia learning. The results showed that the structured multimedia learning group is significantly more effective than both the traditional and unstructured multimedia learning groups.

Introduction

National educational assessments indicate that young people are struggling through school without having mastered the most essential and basic skills in ...

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