The impacts of Reading Medium on Academic Performance
The current world comprises a mixture of different learning materials. The advancement in technology has tremendously increased the amount of digital content for schools. A few decades ago, almost all educational texts existed as print texts. Currently, the digital and print text exists. Currently, students interact more with technology than before, thanks to the availability of laptops and smartphones. The choice of reading medium to use while reading educational texts depends on several factors such as the availability of the text of interest in print and digital mediums. The current study will explore the degree at which reading medium affects academic performance.
In the current study, the reading medium will be the independent variable. The reading medium will be comprised of print and digital text. Digital text is educational content presented using either a computer or a smartphone, while the print text is educational content printed on paper. A short discussion about adolescent rights will be developed and presented to two groups of students to read and answer a short quiz. The first group will be given to read the text in a digital platform, while the other will be given to read the print text. The scores from the short quiz will be the dependent variable. The maximum score for the test will be 20. Scores will be recorded for each group. The test for the two groups will contain the same questions and each group will have an equal number of students.
Students will be picked and assigned groups randomly. Since students have different comprehension capabilities, randomly assigning students to groups will ensure that groups will have equal chances of having weak and strong students. The research question is whether reading medium among students affect performance? The research hypothesizes that there is a relationship between reading medium and student performance.
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