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Does a Computer System Help to Teach a Sight Vocabulary to Children with Severe Learning Difficulties?
Author(s) -
Wright A,
Anderson M
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.1987.tb00662.x
Subject(s) - sight , vocabulary , mathematics education , control (management) , computer assisted instruction , relation (database) , vocabulary development , teaching method , vocabulary learning , computer science , psychology , artificial intelligence , linguistics , philosophy , physics , astronomy , database
Twelve children with severe learning difficulties were taught an initial sight vocabulary with and without the help of a computer system. A control group received individual teaching in mathematics. All groups were given the teaching for eight minutes a day for four weeks. The results demonstrated that all 12 children in the experimental groups significantly improved their sight vocabulary. Trends in the data indicated that the teacher‐only condition produced better learning than the computer‐assisted condition, and that this was particularly true for the children with lower ability. The results are discussed in relation to the information‐processing demands being made on the child in each condition and the implications for teaching.