Monday, June 27, 2011

New Statistics Canada study: Life-path outcomes associated with reading ability

From Statistics Canada: Life-path outcomes associated with reading ability
"Young people who had low scores in reading were more likely to have ended their education with high school completion or less. Over one-half of youth (54%) who had proficiency levels below Level 3 at age 15 had not completed any education beyond high school by age 25."

Monday, June 6, 2011

Do we really read online text differently than "print"?

From First Monday, Volume 16, Number 6, June 2011
Reading revolutions: Online digital text and implications for reading in academe
by Barry W. Cull

"Over the millennia, reading has changed alongside us, and it has also changed us. Reading is a cultural activity that has changed over time, but that has also physiologically changed the brain."