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		pingburg on May 1, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why the Smart Reading Device of the Future May Be ... I'd be very curious to see if it's age dependent. I agree that I absorb more with the printed page, but I wonder if this is habit or conditioning. I didn't grow up reading material on a device. Disclaimer: I'm old :).

ewzimm on May 1, 2014 [–]

I think the article can be summarized by this sentence: "When students preferred screen reading, they learned less when required to read from paper, and vice versa."

I'm pretty sure this is all just a matter of personal preference.

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