ERIC Number: EJ1211691
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Apr
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0870
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Increasing Leisure Reading among University Students Using E-Readers with Audio
Jansen, Annie
College & Research Libraries, v80 n3 p356-365 Apr 2019
This article reports on a study investigating leisure reading among university students using Kindle devices. The study employed a pre-post reading engagement survey of a cohort of twenty-one college students. Students participated in the study by completing self-reported surveys before and after a semester-long reading engagement program. The program involved preloaded audio and e-books on Kindle Fire devices, giving students the option to read, listen, or read and listen simultaneously. The students were selected by their enrollment in either a reading improvement class or a comparative literature class contained within a multilingual student course cluster. All students either struggled with English language skills, based on SAT scores, or were ESL students. Students indicated in the presurvey results that they spent less than one hour weekly reading material. In the postsurvey results, analysis shows that students were more interested in recreational reading materials, noting that they were likely or very likely to read or listen to books outside of class material in the future.
Descriptors: Recreational Reading, College Students, Handheld Devices, Audio Books, Electronic Publishing, Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Reading Interests, Technology Uses in Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
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