THE EFFECT OF PRINTED TEXT COMPARED TO DIGITAL ON READING LITERACY AMONG 9TH AND 10TH GRADE PUPILS IN ARAB-PALESTINIAN SCHOOLS IN ISRAEL

Younis Fareed Abu Alhaija Department of Education, Sakhnin College, Academic College for Teacher Education, Israel aboelhi5@gmail.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1307-7712
Hatim Muhammad Mahamid Department of Education, Sakhnin College, Academic College for Teacher Education, Israel Email: hatim_mahamid@hotmail.com
Yousef Methkal Abd Algani Department of Mathematics, Sakhnin College, Israel, Department of Mathematics, The Arab Academic college for education in Israel, yosefabdalgani@gmail.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2801-5880

Abstract

The current study examines the impact of printed text compared to digital text on reading literacy levels among 9th-10th graders in schools in Arab-Palestinian society in Israel. Various studies have shown that using digital texts increases the level of motivation for studies and positively affects the level of reading literacy (reading comprehension) among students than the use of printed texts. This is an issue that has not been studied before, especially among Arab-Palestinian society in Israel, hence the uniqueness of this study. The current study was conducted using quantitative methodology, which involved 80 teachers and 120 students from secondary schools in Arab-Palestinian society in Israel. The researchers used two questionnaires to collect data on topics related to the use of printed text compared to digital text, with the first distributed among students and the second distributed among teachers. The findings showed that among ninth graders, the average scores were higher in digital text compared to text printed at the general level. In addition, among 10th graders, the average scores were higher in digital text than in printed text. In addition, there was no significant difference between boys versus girls compared to scores in digital text versus printed text.

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printed text, digital text, reading literacy, reading comprehension


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