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Learning to Read in a Digital World
Editors
With digital screens becoming increasingly ubiquitous in the lives of children, from their homes to their classrooms, understanding the influence of these technologies on the ways children read takes on great importance. The aim of this edited volume is to examine how advances in technology are shaping children’s reading skills and development. The chapters in this volume explore the influence of various aspects of digital texts, the child’s cognitive and motivational skills, and the child’s environment on reading development in digital contexts. Each chapter draws upon the expertise of scientists and researchers across countries and disciplines to review what is currently known about the influence of technology on reading, how it is studied, and to offer new insights and research directions based on recent work.
[Studies in Written Language and Literacy, 17] 2018. x, 242 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 16 July 2018
Published online on 16 July 2018
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
- Introduction | pp. vii–x
- Chapter 1. Reading and digital media: European perspectivesJustyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak and Frank Huysmans | pp. 1–30
- Chapter 2. Designing digital texts for beginner readers: Performance, practice and processSue Walker, Alison Black, Ann Bessemans, Kevin Bormans, Maarten Renckens and Mark Barratt | pp. 31–56
- Chapter 3. Cognitive processes and digital readingJudith Wylie, Jenny Thomson, Paavo H. T. Leppänen, Rakefet Ackerman, Laura Kanniainen and Tanja Prieler | pp. 57–90
- Chapter 4. Comprehension processes in digital readingLadislao Salmerón, Helge I. Strømsø, Yvonne Kammerer, Marc Stadtler and Paul van den Broek | pp. 91–120
- Chapter 5. Affordances and challenges of digital reading for individuals with different learning profilesGal Ben-Yehudah, Jarkko Hautala, Susana Padeliadu, Faye Antoniou, Zuzana Petrová, Paavo H. T. Leppänen and Mirit Barzillai | pp. 121–140
- Chapter 6. Emotional and motivational aspects of digital readingJohanna K. Kaakinen, Orsolya Papp-Zipernovszky, Egon Werlen, Nuria Castells, Per Bergamin, Thierry Baccino and Arthur M. Jacobs | pp. 141–164
- Chapter 7. Literacy education in the digital ageCharles L. Mifsud and Zuzana Petrová | pp. 165–184
- Chapter 8. Reading to learn: Developing advanced reading skills in traditional and digital environmentsMeltem Huri Baturay, Sacip Toker, Serkan Şendağ and Yavuz Akbulut | pp. 185–204
- Chapter 9. Digitisation of reading assessmentHildegunn Støle, Anne Mangen, Tove Stjern Frønes and Jenny Thomson | pp. 205–224
- Chapter 10. Learning to read in a digital world: DiscussionJenny Thomson, Mirit Barzillai, Paul van den Broek and Sascha Schroeder | pp. 225–238
- Index
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