1. Academic reading format preferences and behaviors among university students worldwide: A comparative survey analysis
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Mizrachi, D., Salaz, A., Kurbanoglu, S., Boustany, J., Todorova, T., Yantao, P., Zhang, J., Zivkovic, D., Pesut, D., Kortelainen, T., Bar-Ilan, J., Aharony, N., Collina, E., Krumina, L., Geagea, H., Ghinculov, S., Landoy, A., Gastinger, A., de la Vega, A., Terra, A., Johnston, N., Repanovici, A., Vilar, P., Schneider, R., Dogan, G., Jamal, P., Bawden, D., Secker, J., Morrison, C.M., and ARFIS Research Group, .
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Male ,Internationality ,Social Sciences ,lcsh:Medicine ,Socioeconomic development ,Choice Behavior ,Geographical locations ,Learning and Memory ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Reading (process) ,Psychology ,Israel ,Bulgaria ,lcsh:Science ,Finland ,media_common ,Multidisciplinary ,05 social sciences ,Academies and Institutes ,050301 education ,Middle Aged ,Preference ,Europe ,Female ,France ,050904 information & library sciences ,Research Article ,Adult ,LB2300 ,Asia ,Adolescent ,Universities ,Higher education ,Croatia ,media_common.quotation_subject ,MEDLINE ,Information science ,Young Adult ,Human Learning ,Humans ,Learning ,European Union ,Students ,Aged ,Z665 ,Behavior ,Medical education ,business.industry ,lcsh:R ,Cognitive Psychology ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Country of origin ,academic literature, electronic format, print format, student preferences ,Reading ,Reading comprehension ,Sample Size ,Cognitive Science ,lcsh:Q ,reading format ,students ,People and places ,0509 other social sciences ,business ,0503 education ,Neuroscience - Abstract
This study reports the descriptive and inferential statistical findings of a survey of academic reading format preferences and behaviors of 10,293 tertiary students worldwide. The study hypothesized that country-based differences in schooling systems, socioeconomic development, culture or other factors might have an influence on preferred formats, print or electronic, for academic reading, as well as the learning engagement behaviors of students. The main findings are that country of origin has little to no relationship with or effect on reading format preferences of university students, and that the broad majority of students worldwide prefer to read academic course materials in print. The majority of participants report better focus and retention of information presented in print formats, and more frequently prefer print for longer texts. Additional demographic and post-hoc analysis suggests that format preference has a small relationship with academic rank. The relationship between task demands, format preferences and reading comprehension are discussed. Additional outcomes and implications for the fields of education, psychology, computer science, information science and human-computer interaction are considered. Copyright: © 2018 Mizrachi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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- 2018