Research:

Why are online reading comprehension and research skills important?

There is an achievement gap in online reading based on income inequality.¹

Reading online requires a different set of skills than reading print text.²

With the increased importance of technology, students must learn strategies to comprehend and use digital texts.³

¹Leu, D. J., Forzani, E., Rhoads, C., Maykel, C., Kennedy, C., & Timbrell, N. (January 01, 2015). The New Literacies of Online Research and Comprehension: Rethinking the Reading Achievement Gap. Reading Research Quarterly, 50, 1, 37-59.

²Cho, B.-Y. (October 01, 2013). Adolescents' Constructively Responsive Reading Strategy Use in a Critical Internet Reading Task. Reading Research Quarterly, 48, 4, 329-332.

³Dwyer, B. (January 01, 2016). Engaging All Students in Internet Research and Inquiry. The Reading Teacher, 69, 4, 383-389.

“Research suggests that the prowess attributed to young people as a tech-savvy homogeneous population is misguided. Many of our students are laboring to utilize the Internet and other digital technologies as tools for literacy and learning. Furthermore, many teachers are struggling to create the instructional contexts necessary to integrate technology into the curriculum in meaningful ways...”

---Dwyer, B. (January 01, 2016). Engaging All Students in Internet Research and Inquiry. The Reading Teacher, 69, 4, 383-389.

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Research:

Why are online reading comprehension and research skills important?

There is an achievement gap in online reading based on income inequality.1

Reading online requires a different set of skills than reading print text.2

With the increased importance of technology, students must learn strategies to comprehend and use digital texts.3

---Dwyer, B. (January 01, 2016). Engaging All Students in Internet Research and Inquiry. The Reading Teacher, 69, 4, 383-389.

There is an achievement gap in online reading based on income inequality.¹

Reading online requires a different set of skills than reading print text.²

With the increased importance of technology, students must learn strategies to comprehend and use digital texts.³