Estrategias de lectura digital en los estudiantes de la Universidad de Cuenca

Abstract

The present work seeks to contribute knowledge to the study of reading comprehension, as a process closely involved in the development of thought. Its objective is to analyze the digital reading strategies applied by first-year students of the University of Cuenca comparing them with the printed text strategies and evaluating the levels of reading comprehension they reach. This research has a qualitative approach, using the case study method and a convenience sample of 25 first year students of the language and literature pedagogy degree in order to obtain information on digital and printed text reading strategies in relation to their comprehension levels. The instruments and techniques used to develop this research were two reading comprehension tests, given by 25 students and semi-structured interviews on reading strategies, applied to six students. The main results of this study indicate that despite the fact that students generate strategies of the digital medium, they still use strategies of the printed medium to read digital texts; in addition to verifying that the levels of comprehension they reach are higher when they read a text in printed format than when they read it in digital format.