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The Impact Of E-Readers On The Domains Of Reading Comprehension In High School Students, Erika Zeidler
The Impact Of E-Readers On The Domains Of Reading Comprehension In High School Students, Erika Zeidler
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n this quasi-experimental static comparison group design, a homogenous sample of 128 American Literature (high school juniors) students were placed in a comparison and treatment group to determine whether e-readers can improve decoding skills and language comprehension, the two main domains of reading comprehension. Both groups took a pre- and posttest that measured their reading comprehension skills in both areas. The comparison group read a class assigned novel in a traditional paperback version while the treatment group read the novel on either a Kindle or a Kindle app on his or her smart phone or device. The treatment group was …