Science Fair time again:
One of two Science Fair projects, sponsored by the FoCoMOD
The district science fair was pretty good this year. There were two entries having to do with reading on a computer screen versus reading on paper. The display shown above won a “Superior” award while the other similar entry entitled “Do Fifth-Graders Remember More from Reading Text on a Computer Screen OR Piece of Paper?” won “Best in Show”. Interestingly the two entries had opposite conclusions. Clearly, if you just test 10-year-olds, you will find that they remember better while reading on a screen. If you include older people in your study, i.e., moms, you will find that your test subjects tend to remember more from what they read on paper than from on a computer screen. Speaking of text, check out this link for even more strange stuff.