Table 6. Number of Literacy and Technology Articles by Year and Methodology
YEAR
| Methodology | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | Total |
| experimental | 13 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 109 |
| quasi-experimental | 7 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 97 |
| descriptive | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 37 |
| observational | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 34 |
| evaluation | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 31 |
| case study | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| review | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| combination | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| meta-analysis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 26 | 34 | 29 | 41 | 45 | 28 | 34 | 30 | 39 | 31 | 13 | 350 |