Enhanced recognition of written words and enjoyment of reading in struggling beginner readers through whole-word multimedia software

Computers and Education

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 199-208

  Karemaker, Arjette ^a   Pitchford, Nicola J ^a   O'Malley, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation of CAL systems; Improving classroom teaching

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; EVALUATION OF CAL SYSTEMS; IMPROVING CLASSROOM TEACHING; MULTIMEDIA SOFTWARE; PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS; WRITTEN WORD;

SCHOOL BUILDINGS; TEACHING; VOCABULARY CONTROL;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 74249113627     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.07.018     Document Type: Article

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