The Web and Reading Instruction

Abstract

This paper briefly chronicles the marriage of technology and reading instruction and then turns to focus on Web-based reading instruction. Issues are discussed that relate to reading effectiveness research, the U.S. No Child Left Behind legislation, the U.S. National Educational Technology Effectiveness Study, and the state of Web-based reading instruction, including the lack of a research base.

Key Words:

• Web
• K-8 reading instruction
• Internet
• broadband