![]() However, a 2012 study from the UK’s National Literacy Trust of kids ages 8 to 16 found that more than 50 percent of children reported preferring screen reading. In some surveys of college kids, the majority of students have reported preferring print books. While e-book textbooks are often cheaper (and easier to carry) than traditional door-stop textbooks, college students often don’t prefer them. Earlier research by the same scholars, from Stavanger University in Norway, found that Norwegian 10th graders also remembered more about texts if they read them in print rather than on a computer screen. Those who read the story on a Kindle performed worse on the chronology test than the book readers, though they performed about the same as print readers in other tests. The researchers asked 25 people read a 28-page story on a Kindle and 25 to read the story in paperback, then asked the readers to put 14 events from the story in chronological order. Of adults also found that e-books can be hard to absorb. YOU REMEMBER LESS ABOUT A BOOK'S TIMELINE. Kids who read enhanced e-books-ones with interactive, multimedia experiences-were more engaged with them physically, but in the end they remembered fewer narrative details than those who read print books or basic e-books. It found that "enhanced" e-books might be distracting. Similar results were found by a small study by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center that consisted of 32 kids reading e-books and print books with their parents. YOUNG KIDS CAN GET DISTRACTED BY E-BOOKS. However, the researchers noted that some interactive features in e-books are designed to enhance comprehension, and that those might be more helpful than game-type interactive graphics. They discovered that the kids sometimes skipped text in favor of interactive features in the e-books, suggesting that certain multimedia in children’s e-books can be detrimental to the practice of reading itself. In a study of middle schoolers, West Chester University researchers found that students who read on iPads had lower reading comprehension than when they read traditional printed books. E-BOOKS CAN REDUCE READING COMPREHENSION. While scientists are still trying to tease out exactly how digital reading affects us differently, here are five ways e-books might be inferior to their dead-tree cousins. In fact, according to some research, it may actually be a better choice for some readers. According to The New York Times, e-book sales have been falling in 2015. Though e-book readers have become a more common sight around town, traditional books still have their evangelists. ![]()
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