40%) reported they never or almost never
use online chat or online messages.
he low group read more regularly than the
other two groups.
strong
correlation between higher levels of achievement and a more favourable attitude
to reading,
end of each
text, an achievement test was administered to the two classes.
results of these tests showed
little difference between the ability levels, with the exception of the low
group’s responses to the “Knowledge” category.
When using the
iPad, the scores of the students in this group were lower than when they were
reading a traditional text
two-thirds of the students
recorded negative or no growth when using the iPad.
the same for a
little over 50% of the Analysis category
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