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Effects of vocabulary training by computer in kindergarten
Author(s) -
Segers E.,
Verhoeven L.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of computer assisted learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.583
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2729
pISSN - 0266-4909
DOI - 10.1046/j.0266-4909.2003.00058.x
Subject(s) - vocabulary , curriculum , test (biology) , vocabulary development , mathematics education , psychology , computer assisted instruction , training (meteorology) , teaching method , pedagogy , linguistics , paleontology , philosophy , physics , meteorology , biology
In the present study, intensive vocabulary training by computer was undertaken in a two‐year kindergarten programme in the Netherlands. In the intervention, 67 native and immigrant children in the first and second years of kindergarten played vocabulary games on the computer twice a week for a period of 15 minutes over 15 weeks. A control group of 97 kindergartners followed the regular curriculum. In a pre‐test‐training‐post‐test‐retention test design, positive effects of the computer training were found on a curriculum‐dependent vocabulary test. A trend was found towards positive effects of the computer training on a curriculum‐independent test for children in their second year of kindergarten. The results present an alternative and relatively teacher‐independent method to enlarge children's vocabularies.