Opening the black box: user-log analyses of children’s e-Book reading and associations with word knowledge

Umarji, Osman; Day, Stephanie L.; Xu, Ying; Zargar, Elham; Yu, Renzhe; Connor, Carol McDonald

doi:10.1007/s11145-020-10081-x

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“…Since the "heat and temperature" unit, which is one of the subjects of the 9th grade physics course, was addressed, the target audience of the research was high school students. As research sample, previous studies in the interactive e-books field covered university students (Almekhlafi, 2021;Kao et al, 2019), preschool students (Li et al, 2020;Mouri et al, 2018;Sung & Wu, 2017), or primary school students (Huang & Liang, 2015;Hwang & Lai, 2017;Sung et al, 2019a, b;Umarji et al, 2020). There were a limited number of studies on physics subjects with high school students (Adam & Suprapto, 2019;Adawiyah et al, 2019;Harjono et al, 2020;Hasan et al, 2018;Perwita & Fauzi, 2021;Septikasari et al, 2021).…”

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Designing, Developing, and Evaluating an Interactive E-Book Based on the Predict-Observe-Explain (POE) Method

2022

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Teaching materials can increase efficiency in learning environments. One type of materials with proven effectiveness is interactive e-books. Interactive e-books based on certain learning strategies are known to be more effective. This study focuses on analyzing, designing, developing, and evaluating an interactive e-book based on the predict-observe-explain method. The design-based research method is adopted in the study. Firstly, two physics education experts, four instructional technology field experts, and ten physics teachers were consulted about the developed interactive e-book. The pilot study with 20 high school students involved non-participant observations. Two physics education experts and four instructional technology field experts graded the developed e-book based on interactive e-book evaluation criteria. The second phase involved the determination of the platform where the interactive e-book would be developed as well as the software and tools to be used for creating multimedia materials. In the third phase, within the scope of the predict-observe-explain method, the kinds of multimedia materials and activities to be included in the e-book were designed with a physics education expert and an instructional technology expert. The interactive e-book was prepared in accordance with the target audience and subject, and design arrangements were made considering the recommendations given. The study can contribute to designers on key points to consider when creating the content of interactive e-books to be developed based on a learning method and designing and developing materials such as video, audio, and animation to be included in them. Furthermore, it can guide designers through principles and rules to be considered in designing the materials contained in interactive e-books.

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Section: The Processes Experienced During the Analysis Phasementioning

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Designing, Developing, and Evaluating an Interactive E-Book Based on the Predict-Observe-Explain (POE) Method

2022

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Invariant (or Not) Reading Strategies Between Languages and Genders

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Huang

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Sage Open

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This study explores the similarities and differences in reading strategies applied by students to Chinese versus English reading. 842 students responded to a reading strategy inventory in terms of their habits when reading in Chinese versus in English. The result validates the general structure of a reading strategy inventory originally designed for English. The general scale seemed reasonable for Chinese reading as well as English reading. However, gender differences were found on some items. In addition, there was no statistically significant correlation between strategy use and test scores, which is inconsistent with previous research. Besides, we found a strong correlation between English and classical Chinese reading scores, but not between English and modern Chinese reading. Language as L1 or L2, curriculum and restricted test formats may partly explain the low correlations while social and educational environment can contribute to the high correlation observed. This study also serves as a rare example of a complete cycle of invariance test for ordinal data with a repeated design in Mplus. Implications for research and pedagogy were discussed.

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Opening the black box: user-log analyses of children’s e-Book reading and associations with word knowledge

Cited by 2 publications

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Designing, Developing, and Evaluating an Interactive E-Book Based on the Predict-Observe-Explain (POE) Method

Designing, Developing, and Evaluating an Interactive E-Book Based on the Predict-Observe-Explain (POE) Method

Invariant (or Not) Reading Strategies Between Languages and Genders

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