Paper or Tablet? Reading Recall and Comprehension

Research yields conflicting results in learning between digital and paper reading in part due to advances in technology and design features.

Reading recall: A comparison of reading comprehension

In this study, we examined if elementary school students comprehend and recall information read on an electronic tablet as well as when read on paper. Our ...

Is Comprehension Better with Digital Text? An Updated Post with ...

Readers not only comprehend screens more poorly than paper but according to this study, digital reading diminishes comprehension ability ( ...

The Case for Paper: Books vs. E-Readers | Psychology Today

Research suggests that comprehension is six to eight times better with physical books than e-readers.

Will you learn better from reading on screen or on paper?

Comprehension, they found, was better overall when people read print rather than digital texts. The researchers shared the results in ...

Is reading under print and digital conditions really equivalent ...

Across all reading mediums, skilled comprehenders' recall performance remained the same despite taking marginally longer to read in the computer condition ...

Comparing Comprehension of a Long Text Read in Print Book and ...

Digital reading devices such as Kindle differ from paper books with respect to the kinesthetic and tactile feedback provided to the reader, but ...

Evidence increases for reading on paper instead of screens

Screen readers consistently overestimated their reading comprehension. Paper readers were more accurate in their self-judgments. The excessive ...

Reading on Paper Versus Screens: What's the Difference?

Scrolling through digital text may impair comprehension by creating spatial challenges. A 2017 study found participants' reading comprehension ...

Digital Versus Print: Which Mode Is Better for Learning?

Reading effectiveness can be assessed in multiple ways. · Printed texts are preferred for recall and comprehension. · Digital screens do not ...

No difference in factual or conceptual recall comprehension for ...

No significant difference was found in the factual or conceptual recall scores for tablet, laptop, and handwritten note-taking (P=0.61).

Paper or Screen for Comprehension and Learning?

When asked to recall information, our brains will remember where on a page we have read the information (eidetic), aiding in recall. Studying ...

The Effects of Reading Mode on Recall and Comprehension

The total sample size was 231 students; 119 digital tablet and 112 paper readers. Students completed the assessment following the reading (Appendix B). The ...

A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Paper Versus Digital Reading on ...

Subgroup analyses revealed that students reading HPE-related texts had better reading comprehension when reading text on paper rather than digitally (SMD = - ...

Reading recall: A comparison of reading comprehension

Researchers query whether reading comprehension is the same, worse, or better when using e-books as compared with standard paper texts.

Evidence increases for reading on paper instead of screens: Most ...

The results of this study indicate that print vs. screen is most likely a very minor factor in reading comprehension, especially with some basic ...

Which reading comprehension is better? A meta-analysis of the ...

The study shows no significant difference in overall reading comprehension between digital reading and paper reading, and there are differences under ...

Digital Reading vs. Paper Reading: Does Mind Wandering Mediate ...

Research on reading from digital devices has generally shown a decline in comprehension performance when reading from a digital screen as opposed to reading ...

Paper versus Screen: Impact on Reading Comprehension and Speed

Previous studies have found that when reading on paper, readers are more likely to recall information better and comprehend more deeply [9, 16].

Educause: Paper or Tablet? Reading Recall and Comprehension

H1: Students who read a paper article will have a statistically significant difference in greater recall accuracy as shown by test scores ...