Longitudinal Reading Performance Comparison and its Variation with Print, Mobile and Social Media Tools

Authors

  • Li Xiangming Tsinghua University, P.R.China
  • Xuening Li Guangxi University for Nationalities, P.R.China
  • Menghong Song Jiangnan University, P.R.China
  • Jingshun Zhang Florida Gulf Coast University, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v16i13.21563

Keywords:

Longitudinal, Mobile, Reading Performance, Social Media, Variation, Print

Abstract


A plethora of previous literature generated the mixture of results by comparing the reading outcome between digital and printed contexts. Further, the cross-sectional study above failed to yield the findings about the multi-session per-formance over a prolonged period of time as the reading activities proceeded. To address the gap, this study further explored the reading performance over a period of 12 weeks by designing the four-session frames for three different reading contexts of print, mobile and social media. Reading performance scores were gathered from186 postgraduate students from a research university in P.R. China. One-way ANOVA was conducted to compare the reading outcome among three reading contexts within each temporal session. The integrated statistical results showed that reading in social media produced the highest performance and reading in mobile the lowest performance across all the four temporal ses-sions. Longitudinal study revealed the consistency of reading performance in social media and in mobile with respectively high and low caliber over the four the reading sessions. Reading in print generated the performance in be-tween except in the second temporal session. Future efforts could direct to the comparison of text length between short and long with different textual genres.

Author Biographies

Li Xiangming, Tsinghua University, P.R.China

Li Xiangming is an Associate Professor in Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, P. R. China. Her research interests include mobile learning and instructional design in higher educational settings, and EFL teaching. Her Email: lixm@sz.tsinghua.edu.cn.

Xuening Li, Guangxi University for Nationalities, P.R.China

Xuening Li is a Full Professor at School of Foreign Studies, Guangxi University for Nationalities, P.R.China. His research interests mainly include computational linguistics and translation studies. His email: mr.lixn@qq.com.

Menghong Song, Jiangnan University, P.R.China

Menghong Song is a Lecturer at School of Foreign Studies, Jiangnan University, P.R.China. Her research area mainly covers the ESL teaching and learning. Her email: songmenghong@qq.com.

Jingshun Zhang, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA

Jingshun Zhang is an Associate Professor in College of Education, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA. His research interests mainly include classroom assessment, research methodology and cognitive diagnostic assessment. His email: jzhang@ fgcu.edu.

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Published

2021-07-13

How to Cite

Xiangming, L., Li, X., Song, M., & Zhang, J. (2021). Longitudinal Reading Performance Comparison and its Variation with Print, Mobile and Social Media Tools. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 16(13), pp. 273–279. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v16i13.21563

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 13 (2021)

Section

Short Papers

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