From eSchool News online:

A team of researchers at Ball
State University has released the results of a small-scale study
suggesting that wireless handheld devices, or eBooks, could help
encourage reading among students who are reluctant readers.

  August
2, 2007—Can the use of wireless handheld reading devices, or eBooks, in
classrooms boost students’ interest in reading? According to a group of
Ball State University researchers, the answer might be “yes.”
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