--- title: Learning with audiobooks | daily.dev description: An MIT McGovern Institute randomized controlled study of hundreds of third- and fourth-graders finds that audiobooks alone help average readers gain... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/learning-with-audiobooks-6tcxxftcc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Learning with audiobooks | daily.dev og:description: An MIT McGovern Institute randomized controlled study of hundreds of third- and fourth-graders finds that audiobooks alone help average readers gain... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/learning-with-audiobooks-6tcxxftcc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6TcXxftCC.png og:image:alt: Learning with audiobooks og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Learning with audiobooks **[MIT News](https://daily.dev/sources/mit)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An MIT McGovern Institute randomized controlled study of hundreds of third- and fourth-graders finds that audiobooks alone help average readers gain vocabulary, but struggling readers see no benefit without explicit one-on-one instruction. When audiobooks were paired with tutoring from non-expert college students over Zoom, even poor readers made significant vocabulary gains. Students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds showed limited gains even with combined support, underscoring that different learners need different levels of help. The findings call for more rigorous evaluation of ed-tech tools before widespread classroom deployment. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Learn Your Way: Reimagining textbooks with generative AI](https://daily.dev/posts/learn-your-way-reimagining-textbooks-with-generative-ai-gwg8jzczd) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#education-technology](https://daily.dev/tags/education-technology) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/learning-with-audiobooks-6tcxxftcc) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Learning with audiobooks","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/learning-with-audiobooks-6tcxxftcc","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/learning-with-audiobooks-6tcxxftcc"},"datePublished":"2026-04-09T18:35:53.054Z","dateModified":"2026-07-09T02:13:39.615Z","description":"An MIT McGovern Institute randomized controlled study of hundreds of third- and fourth-graders finds that audiobooks alone help average readers gain...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a94efa60a4b65cef8ae9d24f0b9aa1fc?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a94efa60a4b65cef8ae9d24f0b9aa1fc?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"MIT News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"MIT News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/881e20a40aa44b12ba4bd27f5c14289d","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/mit"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/learning-with-audiobooks-6tcxxftcc","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai,education-technology","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MIT News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/mit"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Learning with audiobooks"}]} ```