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E-books are increasingly being used in classrooms by children as young as three - and they are making a big difference to the reading habits of boys. But there are concerns the expansion of electronic devices in schools may undermine the position of traditional paper books.
E-books, where stories are loaded onto a tablet or laptop, are used in about two-thirds of schools across America, says the School Library Journal.
But their use in English schools is sporadic.
The National Literacy Trust has been conducting research over the past year to understand their impact.
At 40 schools across the country, 800 children were encouraged to use e-books and share their feelings.
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The average project ran for four months. But over that period on average boys made 8.4 months of reading progress using them, compared to just 7.2 months of progress among girls.Reluctant readers also made good progress, with a 25% increase in boys reading daily.
Why do boys respond better to E-books than girls?
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Sunday February 07 2016, @08:02PM
Yes. I far prefer books over e-books.
But, you know, that isn't the basic point...these are schools. So the basic question is which is better for learning from. Unfortunately all the research that I've found says that e-books are substantially inferior to books in the amount of learning retained after reading. (Admittedly, none of the studies I've encountered have determined why.)
So for schools e-books are a terrible idea until this problem is resolved.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 2) by GungnirSniper on Sunday February 07 2016, @08:26PM
Could this be due to the inability to highlight and then copy down that info as notes?
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(Score: 2) by HiThere on Monday February 08 2016, @07:03PM
AFAIK, nobody knows the reason, only the fact.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 08 2016, @08:16AM
Easy. Paper books don't have Angry Birds.