Complementarity of Reading from Paper and Screen in the Development of Critical Thinking Skills for 21st-century Literacy.
Abstract
The skill of reading undergoes dramatic changes due to the change of reading interface readers are exposed to. Readers who want to be active participants of knowledge society need to perceive it as more than just a receptive skill.
The study aims to assess the condition of homo legens, diagnose what kind of reading interface preferences characterize 21st-century readers, how they respond to texts considering reading both digitally and in print, accepting or viewing critically the underlying ideology of the text.
The analysis of the collected data attempts to determine if the reported preferences are conducive to the development of critical thinking skills for 21st-century literacy, which include understanding complex ideas, evaluating evidence, weighing alternative perspectives and constructing justifiable arguments.
Keywords
literacy; screen vs paper reading; note-taking; critical thinking skills; digital literacy.
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Agnieszka Ślęzak-Świat is an Assistant Professor at the University of Silesia (Institute of Applied Linguistics) in Katowice, Poland, where she completed her PhD on components of strategic competence in advanced language users. She had been appointed an English language teacher in primary and grammar school when she first entered the field of neurolinguistics. In her work she does not only perform research but also attempts to translate her findings into terms useful for teachers. She is interested in the neuroanatomy of affect as well as the function of vestibular proprioceptive system in reading comprehension
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