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Does Collaborative Use of the Internet Affect Reading Comprehension in Children?
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Abstract
This paper examines the effect of the Internet on the reading comprehension of children
reading together in groups. First, we describe an experiment to determine if children reading
together off the Internet from big screens, can read at a higher comprehension level than children
reading the same text alone. The results from this small-sample study are then compared to the
results from a larger study across many locations in India. We find that children with low reading
comprehension levels to start with can read and understand text at a level higher than expected
from them, if they are reading together and have the Internet available. Moreover, in the process of
doing this kind of ‘self-organised’ reading, their individual reading comprehension increases. This
way of reading may provide a simple and reliable method to improve the reading comprehension
of children in their own, or foreign, languages.
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India
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Asia
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Date
2019-03
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Commonwealth of Learning (COL)