Reading Comprehension and Behavior in Children Using E-books vs. Printed Books

The purpose of this research is to investigate the influence that personalized, gamified, and PDF electronic reading practices have on the attitudes which fifth-grade students possess toward e-reading experiences, as well as how these stances affect the students' motivation and reading comprehension while they are learning English as a second/foreign language (EFL). For the purpose of the study, there were a total of 84 fifth-grade kids from public schools in Greece, who participated. These students were split up into three different experimental groups and a control one. Participants in the experimental groups read throughout the treatment period according to a preset schedule using one of three diverse electronic reading formats (PDF, gamified, or customized), whilst participants in the control group read utilizing a paper guided reading plan. The participants' experiences playing video games online were analyzed via a technique called the quasi-experimental approach. According to the findings of the research, the experimental group and the control group did not significantly vary from one another in terms of their levels of reading comprehension. On the other hand, in comparison to the participants in the control group, those who took part in the experiments reported having more favorable sentiments regarding their electronic reading experiences and were more inspired to read. As indicated from the research findings, kids may experience an increase in their desire to read when they use electronic gadgets. This study has implications for educators and policymakers as they consider incorporating digital reading practices into their teaching methods, particularly when it comes to improving students' motivation to read

Estrategias de textualización para mejorar la producción de textos expositivos en estudiantes de secundaria

El estudio tuvo como objetivo demostrar la mejora significativa en la producción de textos explicativos tras la aplicación de la estrategia de textualización en alumnos de una escuela secundaria ubicada en Lima. Tiene un enfoque cuantitativo de tipo aplicada con diseño cuasi experimental. La población estuvo conformada por 309 estudiantes, la muestra fue no probabilística y estuvo formada por 52 estudiantes. La técnica utilizada fue la observación y los instrumentos utilizados fueron una rúbrica de medición de la producción de textos expositivos y el instrumento de prueba de redacción. La validez fue dada por juicio de expertos y la confiabilidad se comprobó mediante el estadístico alfa de CronBach aplicado a una muestra piloto de 30 estudiantes. Según los resultados obtenidos se concluye que la producción de textos expositivos mejora significativamente al aplicar la estrategia de textualización en estudiantes de secundaria de una escuela pública de Lima, ya que los resultados del estadístico U-Mann-Whitney: 5,546 y p= 0,000.Campus At

Teaching attitudes associated with new information and communication technologies in times of the COVID-19 pandemic

The purpose of the research is to determine the relationship between the teaching attitude associated with new information and communication technologies in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. For this, a quantitative, basic approach was applied, with a hypothetical-deductive method, non-experimental design, correlational descriptive. The sample consisted of 105 primary school teachers from UGEL No. 15. The technique applied was a survey through two questionnaires, validation through expert judgment, and reliability was determined with Cronbach's Alpha coefficient (0.97). According to the results, it was obtained that the Spearman's Rho correlation coefficient equal to 0.656 and the significance is ρ = 0.01 (ρ < 0.05), so the null hypothesis is rejected and it is accepted that there is a direct relationship between attitude teacher and the use of new information and communication technologies in times of pandemic by COVID-19