Date of Award
5-2019
Degree Type
Creative Project
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Applied Sciences, Technology, and Education
Committee Chair(s)
Edward M. Reeve
Committee
Edward M. Reeve
Committee
Trevor Robinson
Committee
Tyson Sorensen
Abstract
This project investigated whether adding subtitles to educational videos increases learning among middle school students. A convenience sample (N=387) of Technology and Engineering middle school students were separated into two groups during the third term of both the 2018 and 2019 school years, where one group of students viewed videos with subtitles and the other group viewed the identical videos without subtitles. After viewing the videos, students immediately took a multiple-choice test. The test scores were used to analyze the variance between the two different groups. The results reveal that students who viewed videos with subtitles had slightly lower scores than those who viewed the videos without subtitles. This project seems to indicate that viewing videos with subtitles does not improve learning more than viewing videos without subtitles among middle school students in a general class setting.
Recommended Citation
Taylor, George T., "The Effects of Student Learning When Subtitles are Added to Videos" (2019). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 1358.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/1358
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