Reading Brain in the Digital Age: An Experience of Philippine High School

Abstract

The study aims to ascertain the significant relationship of digital reading profile and reading comprehension, and digital reading behavior and reading comprehension of Grade 7 students of Elpidio Quirino High School. The results will be obtained through the three phases of the study: digital reading profile and digital reading behavior survey, reading comprehension tests, and focus group discussion. The findings of the study show that the participants read more academic resources online or offline as opposed to the results from the qualitative data in which it shows that they preferred Wattpad, also respondents tend to use cellphone in reading digital materials. Based on the comparison made, the result shows no significant relationship. From the findings, due to its portability, cellphone is the commonly used device and Wattpad is the most commonly read digital reading material. It can be concluded that digital reading has no effect on the reading brain of the students. Based on the conclusions, it is suggested that through the inevitable emergence of technology, proper utilization and the collaboration of parents and teacher is vital to promote genuine love for reading.