Print books remain the most popular format for reading, with 65% of adults saying that they have read a print book in the past year. While shares of print book readers and audiobook listeners remain ...

Though 75% of adults own a desktop or laptop computer, few use them for e-book reading. Among desktop or laptop owners who read an e-book in the past year, 31% say they read e-books on their computer ...

However, my research has found that of the 997 Year 4 and Year 6 respondents at 24 schools who took part in the 2016 Western Australian Study in Children’s Book Reading, nearly three-fifths ...

Their research incorporated computer-aided techniques, such as network analysis and sentiment analysis, in order to detect patterns in reading behavior within the millions of datasets.

There are a lot of reasons people are resistant to reading online, or using e-readers. They just don’t feel like real books or magazines. There are no glossy pages, no nice book smells.

To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as reading language. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 12 / 201215131236.htm ...

Even for people who love books, finding the opportunity to read can be a challenge. Many, then, rely on audiobooks, a convenient alternative to old-fashioned reading. You can listen to the latest ...

A new study published in Developmental Science has found that preschool children’s brain activity differs when they are read to from a book compared to when they view and listen to stories on a screen ...

The mind-set with reading on a computer or tablet screen, says Ms. Baron, becomes “I’m studying for a test, and this piece of text is not going to become a part of who I am.” ...

Likewise, a Pew Research Forum survey found that book-reading habits remained largely unchanged from 2012 to 2016, with the average American reading 4 books per year.

This week, Education Week hosted a webinar to discuss the research base around 3rd grade retention policies—under what conditions they are most effective, and what cautions states and districts ...