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“The word gap”: better vocabulary, better chances.
http://www.npr.org/2013/12/29/257922222/closing-the-word-gap-between-rich-and-poor
What conclusions do you draw from this?
Read.
Read challenging books.
Read newspapers, magazines, different genres, opposing opinions.
Read print and spare the backlight.
Read.
iPad and child development
Further considerations of new tech and reading comprehension.
Traditional print may lead to better comprehension compared to ebooks
http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/students-reading-e-books-are-losing-out-study-suggests/
If there are interactive features in the ebook, the distraction appears to affect comprehension and recall.
Your Brain on Fiction
Neuroscience and the reading of fiction.