| This study investigated the effect of multi-sensory e-books on the acquisition of early literacy skills compared to a print reading of the same story. Participants were 10 children, 3 males and 7 females ages 4;9--6;5 with an average age of 5.3 from a northern New Jersey public school system. Children were randomly divided into two groups of 5. One group viewed a story on a computer; the other group listened to a reading of a print book of the same story. Pre-test/post-test difference scores were used to measure performance in phonological awareness, word reading and comprehension. A statistically significant difference was not found between groups. Means for difference scores between groups were similar suggesting that e-books may be on par with print books in facilitating early literacy skill acquisition. |
