Relationship Among New Literacies Activities, Reading Attitudes, and Reading Performance

• In Event: Roundtable Session 25
  In Roundtable Session: Research on Digital Technologies for Literacy Development

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between online social activities, online information seeking and learning activities, reading attitudes, and reading performance through a SEM model using PISA 2009 data. The results of this study showed that online social activities and online information-seeking activities influence reading performance differently. Online social activities is not significantly associated with reading performance, whereas the relationship between online information-seeking and learning activities, and reading performance is positive and marginally significant. The results also showed that different types of online reading activities influence reading attitudes differently. Online social activities do not significantly predict reading attitudes whereas online information-seeking and learning activities positively predict students’ reading attitudes.

Authors

• Dan Li, Iowa State University

• Su Gao, University of Central Florida

• Yun Peng, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

• Yi Jin, Iowa State University