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Malouf, David B. – Journal of Special Education, 1988
Learning-disabled sixth through eighth grade students (n=25) received vocabulary instruction involving matching negation prefixes to root words. The students used an instructional computer game or a computer program that operated identically but without game features. Both programs produced equal gains in task skill, but the game produced higher…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Comparative Analysis, Computer Games, Courseware
Julkunen, Kyosti – 1992
A study in Finland investigated the relationship of two general aspects of student motivation for second language learning (preference for challenge and curiosity) and motivation specific to the learning situation. Subjects were 292 sixth-graders and 301 eighth-graders, who performed two open and two closed English vocabulary tasks in two…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries