The literature indicates a disadvantage of reading comprehension in digital mode compared to reading comprehension in print mode. The shallowing hypothesis explains this disadvantage by suggesting that on digital, readers adopt a superficial reading mode that is not conducive to deep comprehension of what they read. At the same time, the cognitive load theory argues that digital carries a greater cognitive load than paper, which affects the effectiveness of understanding what is read. Existing studies showing the disadvantage of digital over paper focus mainly on adults, neglecting school-age, a crucial period for the development of reading comprehension. Executive Functions, crucial for reading comprehension, reach a peak in development during school age, influencing the effect of the medium (paper or screen) on performance on reading comprehension tasks. This contribution aims to fill some of the gaps in the literature by exploring the differences in digital and paper-based reading comprehension in school-age children and investigating the role of Executive Functions in supporting reading comprehension in both modalities.
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-8180-8965
Titolo del capitolo
Comprendere un testo su carta o su schermo: il ruolo delle Funzioni Esecutive in età scolare
Autori
Costanza Ruffini
Lingua
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0504-7.11
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2024
Copyright
© 2024 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Titolo del libro
La formazione alla ricerca
Sottotitolo del libro
Il dottorato fra qualità e prospettive future
Curatori
Vanna Boffo, Fabio Togni
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
320
Anno di pubblicazione
2024
Copyright
© 2024 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0504-7
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0503-0
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0504-7
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-0505-4
Collana
Studies on Adult Learning and Education
ISSN della collana
2704-596X
e-ISSN della collana
2704-5781