Abstract
Although much contemporary thinking leads to the expectation that communication technology, such as video streaming, enhances educational performance on the average, a dearth of strong evidence consistent or inconsistent with this claim precludes a thoughtful evaluation of it. A series of experiments designed to examine this proposition contributes to filling this lacuna. Third- and eighth-grade students either received or did not receive exposure to one such application, unitedstreaming™, in either their science or social studies classes (or both). Results indicated that this video-streaming application resulted in higher mean examination performance in third-grade science, third-grade social studies, and eighth-grade social studies. No differences between those exposed to this communication technology and those not exposed to it emerged in the eighth-grade science experiment.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 46-62 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Communication Education |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2006 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Computer-Mediated Communication
- Educational Performance
- Science
- Social Studies
- Videostreaming
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Communication
- Education
- Language and Linguistics