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from the everybody-learns-their-own-way dept.
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 Joe Desertrat on Monday February 08 2016, @02:27AM
As far as wearing out goes, an ebook reader lasts a lot longer than a book does. I'm on my second ereader and only because the first one got smashed. Compare that to books where the first read through and they're no longer pristine. There's just no comparison to be made.
You're already on a second e-reader? I have books that I've owned from the seventies, and books that I've purchased from considerably before that (just bought an excellent condition book printed in 1960 and I'm sure a slew of readers here will scoff and say that is nothing, they have older). I've never had to junk a book. You can't even trust that the technology will be available to read or especially power any particular e-book format a few years from now, let alone 50 years from now.
(Score: 1) by Francis on Monday February 08 2016, @01:25PM
One got smashed in my bag. Otherwise it would still be working. And how many of your books from that era do you still have? Unless you're rich, you probably don't have room for all of them.
I also lost at least a dozen books to an aquarium leak. And how about you talk to the folks down the block that had a fire. I'm sure that they lost a ton of books like that. Not to mention that some of us like to actually travel or have to move from place to place.