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Applying CD‐ROM interactive storybooks to learning to read
Author(s) -
Adam N.,
Wild M.
Publication year - 1997
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.1365-2729.1997.00014.x
Subject(s) - reading (process) , cd rom , significant difference , psychology , treatment and control groups , mathematics education , pedagogy , computer science , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , operating system
This paper describes an investigation into the effect of CD‐ROM storybooks on primary students' attitudes towards reading. The degree of change in students' attitudes towards reading on exposure to CD‐ROM storybooks was assessed using questionnaires in an experimental pretest‐posttest design, together with interviews of reluctant readers and unstructured observations of the treatment group. Results showed that while no significant difference in children's attitudes existed between treatment and control groups after the treatment period, both groups demonstrated a similar development in their attitudes towards traditional reading materials. Further results indicated a significant difference between reluctant and willing readers in the treatment group.