ERIC Number: EJ1016405
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Mar-10
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-1990-3839
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Investigation on Views and Attitudes of Students in Faculty of Education about Reading and Writing on Screen
Duran, Erol
Educational Research and Reviews, v8 n5 p203-211 Mar 2013
The purpose of this research is to determine points of view and attitudes of students of Faculty of Education about reading and writing on screen. In this research, descriptive survey model is used. The working group includes 254 students of Usak University, Faculty of Education. A new measurement tool developed by the researcher was used in this study as a data collection tool. Students in this study express that the most important opportunity of on-screen reading is that they contribute to intertextual meaning establishment by enabling connection to other texts, visuals, etc. in digital media, from the text that is being studied on but the most difficulty stated by the students is eye tiredness. For opportunities of writing on screen, the students express that it enables connections to other texts, visuals, etc. in digital media and that it allows for creation of digital notebook and diary; and for the difficulties of on-screen writing, they express that it can be eye tiring, it can be difficult to use the keyboard and screen instead of pen and paper, and it can cause backache and vertebral ache.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading, Writing (Composition), Student Attitudes, Computer Use, Gender Differences, Preservice Teachers, Education Majors
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Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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