Improving Grade One Students' Reading Motivation with Online Electronic Storybooks

摘要

This qualitative study stemmed from a concern of the per ceived decline in students' reading motivation after the early years of schooling. The current research explored eight grade 1 students' experiences with online electronic storybooks (eBooks). Eight students were given ten 25-minute sessions with the software programs over 15 weeks. Pre-program, interim-program, and post-program qualitative data were col lected from students, teachers, and parents through question naires, interviews, provincial report cards, observations, and field notes. The results suggest the promise of online eBooks in supporting students with reading and/or behavioural diffi culties.