Reading for study purposes engages the strategies of explaining, paraphrasing, and predicting, yielding better recall than what we read for the purpose of entertainment.
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The Facility of Online Instruction
Huang, Hsin-chou (2014). "Online Versus Paper-based Instruction: Comparing Two Strategy Training Modules for Improving Comprehension." RELC Journal. 45(2)165-180. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0033688214534797 Huang studied fifty-seven English as a Foreign Language students in a reading strategy instruction setting in order to assess the comparative impact of online instruction and paper-based instruction, during a single-session, four-hour contact. Participants were … Continue reading The Facility of Online Instruction
Reading in a Digital Age
Annotated Bibliography Baron, Naomi S. (2017). Reading in a digital age. Phi Delta Kappan. Vol 99 (2), 15 - 20. https://doi-org.cmich.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/0031721717734184 Baron's article presents a brief survey of prior research on the comparison of comprehension levels between reading print text and reading digital versions. While acknowledging distinct variations in interest, facility, and comprehension at different … Continue reading Reading in a Digital Age
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