Does collaborative use of the Internet affect Reading Comprehension in Children?

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 te...

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Autor principal:	Sugata Mitra
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Commonwealth of Learning 2019
Materias:	children reading comprehension internet collaboration sole Theory and practice of education LB5-3640
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9e93462fd77044d69c6a011da47ca5e42021-12-03T18:21:01ZDoes collaborative use of the Internet affect Reading Comprehension in Children?2311-1550https://doaj.org/article/9e93462fd77044d69c6a011da47ca5e42019-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/323https://doaj.org/toc/2311-1550This 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.Sugata MitraCommonwealth of Learningarticlechildrenreading comprehensioninternetcollaborationsoleTheory and practice of educationLB5-3640ENJournal of Learning for Development, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 20-36 (2019)
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description	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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Does collaborative use of the Internet affect Reading Comprehension in Children?

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