Benefits and Pitfalls of Multimedia and Interactive Features in Technology-Enhanced Storybooks: A Meta-Analysis

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 698-739

  Takacs, Zsofia K ^a   Swart, Elise K ^a   Bus, Adriana G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

at risk students; computers and learning; instructional technologies; literacy; media; meta analysis; vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947248865     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: 19351046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654314566989     Document Type: Article

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