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Peer reviewedGreenlee-Moore, Marilyn E.; Smith, Lawrence L. – Reading Psychology, 1996
Investigates the effect on reading comprehension when reading shorter and easier narrative text and longer and more difficult texts on the printed page as compared to reading the same narrative texts using interactive CD-ROM software displayed by the computer. Finds that reading from computers increased comprehension when subjects read longer and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Intermediate Grades, Optical Data Disks
Download full textGreenlee-Moore, Marilyn E.; Smith, Lawrence L. – 1994
A study investigated the effects of interactive CD-ROM software on children's reading comprehension. It explored whether 31 fourth-grade children in an elementary school in a suburban school district in the Midwest comprehended narratives better when reading from the printed page or from the same text displayed by the computer. One class read each…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
