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Download full textReinking, David; Bonham, Steve – 1997
This guide highlights the basic operation of software that provides a framework and tools for students to encounter computer-based multimedia reviews of the books the have read independently given minimal equipment and expertise, and suggests ways to go beyond the basic operation for those who have the capability to do so. After a background and…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Classroom Techniques, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Reinking, David; Watkins, Janet – 1996
Using an approach to classroom research that D. Newman (1990) has termed a formative experiment, a study investigated the effects of engaging elementary school students in creating computer-based multimedia reviews of books they read independently. Formative experiments are designed to investigate how an instructional intervention can be…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Grade 4
Peer reviewedReinking, David; Watkins, Janet – Reading Research Quarterly, 2000
Investigates how a computer-based instructional intervention (creating multimedia reviews of books) might increase fourth and fifth graders' independent reading. Finds that the success of the intervention was related to the mediating effects of using technology, changes in the interactions among students and teachers, and students' engagement in…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 4, Grade 5
