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University
Shawnee State University
Major
Early Childhood Education PreK-3
Presentation Types
Oral Presentation
Keywords:
Reading Comprehension, Accelerated Reader, Digital Reading, Printed Books
Abstract
This research study takes place in a rural second grade classroom. To find out what method students read and test better with, 6 students were chosen randomly and divided into 2 groups. One group of students read and tested on a school Chromebook, (students read on getepic.com) and the next group read using a paper copy book and tested their comprehension on paper. Preliminary results show that there is no major difference from test scores that one method of reading is better than the other in this quantitative study. Based on the results of this study, teachers can feel more comfortable with students reading digitally since there seemed to be no difference in comprehension scores from both groups.
Human Subjects
yes
IRB Approval
no
Faculty Mentor Name
Dr. Sandra Beam
Faculty Mentor Title
Associate Professor
Faculty Mentor Academic Department
School of Education
Recommended Citation
DeAtley, Kayla, "Reading Comprehension: Digital or Printed Copy?" (2023). Celebration of Scholarship. 6.
https://digitalcommons.shawnee.edu/cos/2023/Day5/6
Reading Comprehension: Digital or Printed Copy?
This research study takes place in a rural second grade classroom. To find out what method students read and test better with, 6 students were chosen randomly and divided into 2 groups. One group of students read and tested on a school Chromebook, (students read on getepic.com) and the next group read using a paper copy book and tested their comprehension on paper. Preliminary results show that there is no major difference from test scores that one method of reading is better than the other in this quantitative study. Based on the results of this study, teachers can feel more comfortable with students reading digitally since there seemed to be no difference in comprehension scores from both groups.