Books, Not Screens, for Remedial College Writers.
Technological momentum is pushing colleges to digitize materials, courses, and classrooms, but screen-based learning is not as effective for students in remedial writing classes. The differences between how students read on paper and screen, the distractions and difficulties of screens, the haptics...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of the Book Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 61 - 70 |
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Common Ground Research Networks
2013
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