Vocabulary Acqusition with an Online Learning Resource

Grant Details

Amount: $612.50

Project Start Date: 12/31/05

Status:

Project Type:

Languages: German

Project Level:
Beginner

Project Skills:

Institutions Involved:
University of Pennsylvania

Primary Contact:
Edward Dixon (edixon@ccat.sas.upenn.edu)

441 Williams Hall, 255 South 36th Street
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia , PA 19104-6305
Phone: 215.573.4267

The Online Learning Vocabulary Project is designed to help determine whether or not students are better able to learn, retain, and use new vocabulary items through the assistance of an online testing program that incorporates audio and immediate feedback to student input. The goal of the project is to better understand how students learn vocabulary and which technological resources can assist them in acquiring new vocabulary. The project will take into account different learning strategies and styles that individual students use in learning vocabulary and examine the use of online audio and assessments as a means for enhancing traditional learning strategies.