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Chapter 10. Learning to read in a digital world

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Abstract

Understanding how to best support children as they learn to read in an increasingly digital world involves recognizing the many child- and text-related aspects of children’s digital reading experience. In the current chapter, we consider how children’s reading skills, goals, as well as the properties of digital text influence children’s reading development in digital environments. We further discuss how schools, parents, media creators, and policy makers can help shape children’s reading experience in digital contexts so that each child is given the tools, skills, and opportunities she needs to reach her full potential in both print and digital environments.

Abstract

Understanding how to best support children as they learn to read in an increasingly digital world involves recognizing the many child- and text-related aspects of children’s digital reading experience. In the current chapter, we consider how children’s reading skills, goals, as well as the properties of digital text influence children’s reading development in digital environments. We further discuss how schools, parents, media creators, and policy makers can help shape children’s reading experience in digital contexts so that each child is given the tools, skills, and opportunities she needs to reach her full potential in both print and digital environments.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction vii
  4. Chapter 1. Reading and digital media 1
  5. Chapter 2. Designing digital texts for beginner readers 31
  6. Chapter 3. Cognitive processes and digital reading 57
  7. Chapter 4. Comprehension processes in digital reading 91
  8. Chapter 5. Affordances and challenges of digital reading for individuals with different learning profiles 121
  9. Chapter 6. Emotional and motivational aspects of digital reading 141
  10. Chapter 7. Literacy education in the digital age 165
  11. Chapter 8. Reading to learn 185
  12. Chapter 9. Digitisation of reading assessment 205
  13. Chapter 10. Learning to read in a digital world 225
  14. Index 239
Learning to Read in a Digital World
This chapter is in the book Learning to Read in a Digital World
https://doi.org/10.1075/swll.17.10tho

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction vii
  4. Chapter 1. Reading and digital media 1
  5. Chapter 2. Designing digital texts for beginner readers 31
  6. Chapter 3. Cognitive processes and digital reading 57
  7. Chapter 4. Comprehension processes in digital reading 91
  8. Chapter 5. Affordances and challenges of digital reading for individuals with different learning profiles 121
  9. Chapter 6. Emotional and motivational aspects of digital reading 141
  10. Chapter 7. Literacy education in the digital age 165
  11. Chapter 8. Reading to learn 185
  12. Chapter 9. Digitisation of reading assessment 205
  13. Chapter 10. Learning to read in a digital world 225
  14. Index 239
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