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Publication Date: 1995
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Evaluation of Interactive Videodisc Courseware: A Strategy Perspective.
Liou, Hsien-Chin
Development and evaluation of interactive videodisc (IVD) courseware for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction are described. Effective listening and viewing strategies, identified through descriptive research, were incorporated into an existing ESL IVD. Subjects, 81 college ESL students, were pre-tested, then divided into control and experimental groups. The control group worked on the original IVD version, the experimental group on the revised version. After online practice, all subjects took a posttest. Then 33 of the 81 were further divided into two groups, one receiving another session of individual online strategy training as before, and the other working in a small group on the revised version. A delayed posttest focusing on comprehension and recall was then administered. No differences were found in the effects of strategy training or group/collaborative learning. Questions in the pretest, posttest, and delayed posttest elicited responses about strategy use; these were analyzed for insight into strategy training. It is concluded that the teaching of learning strategies is sensitive to many variables. A major limitation seen in this study is lack of training time for subjects. However, it is concluded that this approach to incorporating computer-assisted language learning strategies into the regular curriculum is useful. Contains 38 references. (MSE)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Cooperative Learning, Courseware, English (Second Language), Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Interactive Video, Learning Strategies, Recall (Psychology), Second Language Instruction
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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