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Furenes, May Irene; Kucirkova, Natalia; Bus, Adriana G. – Review of Educational Research, 2021
This meta-analysis examines the inconsistent findings across experimental studies that compared children's learning outcomes with digital and paper books. We quantitatively reviewed 39 studies reported in 30 articles (n = 1,812 children) and compared children's story comprehension and vocabulary learning in relation to medium (reading on paper…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Children, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development
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de Bondt, Merel; Willenberg, Ingrid A.; Bus, Adriana G. – Review of Educational Research, 2020
Book giveaway programs provide free books to families with infants to encourage caregivers to begin reading to their children during infancy. This meta-analysis of 44 studies retrieved from 43 articles tests the effects of three major book giveaway programs: Bookstart (n = 11), Reach Out and Read (n = 18), and Imagination Library (n = 15). Effect…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Material Selection, Recreational Reading, Reading Skills