The use of clickers to assess knowledge in foreign language classes and their failure to increase reading compliance

This is the firstquantitative research on reading compliance in FL courses. It investigated theeffect of clickers on learning gains for regularly assigned readings, determinedby 16 quiz grades during a semester. 38 intermediate L2 Spanish studentsassigned to two group conditions also completed a que...

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Main Author: Juan Pablo Rodríguez Prieto
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Language:English
Published: Universitat Politècnica de València 2014-05-01
Series:Revista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas
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Online Access:http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/rdlyla/article/view/1611
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description This is the firstquantitative research on reading compliance in FL courses. It investigated theeffect of clickers on learning gains for regularly assigned readings, determinedby 16 quiz grades during a semester. 38 intermediate L2 Spanish studentsassigned to two group conditions also completed a questionnaire at the end ofthe semester about their preparedness for the quizzes and their opinions aboutthe use of clickers. Results indicated that participants in the Clickercondition obtained significantly lower grades in the quizzes than those in thePaper and Pencil one, despite clickers receiving positive feedback andcomments, and even though students in the Clicker condition reported preparingfor class more often than those in the Paper and Pencil condition.
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The use of clickers to assess knowledge in foreign language classes and their failure to increase reading compliance
Revista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas
reading compliance
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foreign language
quiz
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title The use of clickers to assess knowledge in foreign language classes and their failure to increase reading compliance
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