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You are here: Home / Blog / Children prefer to read books on paper rather than screens

Children prefer to read books on paper rather than screens

March 10, 2017 By achuka Leave a Comment

This is interesting, and worth following the link to the cited research paper…

There is a common perception that children are more likely to read if it is on a device such as an iPad or Kindles. But new research shows that this is not necessarily the case.

In a study of children in Year 4 and 6, those who had regular access to devices with eReading capability (such as Kindles, iPads and mobile phones) did not tend to use their devices for reading – and this was the case even when they were daily book readers.

Research also found that the more devices a child had access to, the less they read in general.

It suggests that providing children with eReading devices can actually inhibit their reading, and that paper books are often still preferred by young people.

These findings match previous research which looked at how teenagers prefer to read. This research found that while some students enjoyed reading books on devices, the majority of students with access to these technologies did not use them regularly for this purpose. Importantly, the most avid book readers did not frequently read books on screens.

http://theconversation.com/children-prefer-to-read-books-on-paper-rather-than-screens-74171

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