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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: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 07 2016, @10:32PM
Sure, but do you want to pay three times as much for the books? three times as much for anything made of wood?
Profit is not just about banks making money, it's about survival. using less energy to do more. it's evolution at work.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Monday February 08 2016, @10:11PM
Sure, but do you want to pay three times as much for the books? three times as much for anything made of wood?
If it means having wood products and a functioning ecosystem at the same time, then yes. I would rather not save 66% off the cost of paper if that savings comes with an externalized cost of turning our forest ecosystems into monoculture crops subject to rampant disease and pesticide dependency while being non-supportive of diverse populations of other plants and animals.
it's about survival.
Yes, it is.
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