...Lily Sin Nga Cheung; Dickson K.W. Chiu; Kevin K.W. Ho Purpose This pilot study aims to investigate how parents use electronic resources to encourage children’s reading and learning interests through the 5E instructional model. Moreover, this study explores the public’s current electronic reading...

... outcomes. This study aims to enrich the current understanding of the impact of reading in single- and multiple-column types on students’ cognitive processing. Design/methodology/approach An electroencephalogram (EEG) was used to record and analyze the brain signals of 27 students while reading from...

... of three reading tasks was conducted in an N-TOC system for 24 postgraduates of Wuhan University. Data including fixation duration, fixation count and inter-scanning transitions were collected and calculated. Participants’ domain knowledge was measured by pre-experiment questionnaires. Logistic regression...

...Wu Li; Yuehua Wu Purpose Using the case of social reading via WeChat in China, this paper aims to explore adolescents’ social reading motivation and behaviour. It also examines how the specific dimensions of reading motivation contribute to the different aspects of social reading behaviour...

...Kathrin Grzeschik; Yevgeniya Kruppa; Diana Marti; Paul Donner Purpose The purpose of these experiments is to find out whether and how reading behavior might be influenced by reading devices. Design/methodology/approach In total, three experiments, the first one more independent from the second...

...Hamid R. Jamali; David Nicholas Purpose This paper seeks to investigate the reading behaviour of scientists from an intradisciplinary perspective. Design/methodology/approach Different aspects of reading behaviour were studied including the amount of reading, the sources of reading...

...Zheng Songhui Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the traditional reading habits of library users which were ignored when digital libraries were constructed in developing countries. It provides advice on how to solve the problem of the reading habits of library users in developing...

...Nor Shahriza Abdul Karim; Amelia Hasan Purpose This study aims to attempt to understand the reading habits and attitudes of the Bachelor of IT students and the Bachelor of Arts students from the International Islamic University Malaysia. The study also aims to explore these differences in terms...