"This
meta-analysis examines the inconsistent findings across experimental studies
that compared children’s learning outcomes with digital and paper books. We
quantitatively reviewed 39 studies reported in 30 articles (n = 1,812 children)
and compared children’s story comprehension and vocabulary learning in relation
to medium (reading on paper versus on-screen), design enhancements in digital
books, the presence of a dictionary, and adult support for children aged
between 1 and 8 years. The comparison of digital versus paper books that only
differed by digitization showed lower comprehension scores for digital books.
Adults’ mediation during print books’ reading was more effective than the
enhancements in digital books read by children independently. However, with
story-congruent enhancements, digital books outperformed paper books. An
embedded dictionary had no or negative effect on children’s story comprehension
but positively affected children’s vocabulary learning." The researchers
also noted that Researchers also found that most of the
commercially published e-books explored in the studies didn’t enhance the text
in ways that focused children’s attention as adults naturally would when
reading a story to a child, such as pointing out main story elements, asking
questions, and focusing children’s attention on the chain of events in a story.
Furenes, M., Kucirkova, N., & Bus, A. (2021). A comparison of
children's reading on paper versus screen: A meta-analysis. Review of
Educational Research, 91(4).
https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654321998074
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3102/0034654321998074
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