Effect of screen reading and reading from printed out material on student success and permanency in Introduction to Computer Lesson

When the technologic materials used in education are taken into consideration, it can be expressed that computers influence the education most. Developing computer technology has carried the traditionally prepared text on the paper to the computer screens. Depending on this, the preference of reading on the screen increases quickly comparing to the printed materials in various institutions, especially in schools and Daily life. As reading is the important process of getting information, the effect of this situation called reading on the screen should of the learner. This research carried out with this necessity aims to search the effect of the printed material and reading on the screen for the student success and its continuity in the subject introduction to computer. The modeling of this research consists of 78 first class student registered in mailing services program in Refahiye High School in Erzincan University. According to the randomly made selections, 38 of the students (Second Education) from the first class were chosen as an experiment group and 40 students (first education students) as a control group. The research was designed in accordance with the pre-test-final test and experiment- control group design. While the Experiment group studied ?Introduction to Computer? through screen reading, the control group studied through reading from the printed materials. As a result of analyzing the data obtained from the success test, the following findings were found out. .No difference at a significant level was observed between post-test score averages of experimental and control groups arranged according to the pre-tests. .A significant difference was found between permanence test score averages arranged according to the pre-tests of the experimental and control groups. .The common effect of performed method (reading from a printed material and reading from the screen) and gender upon post-test success scores was not found at a significant level. .The common effect of performed method (reading from a printed material and reading from the screen) and gender upon permanence test success scores was not found at a significant level. In the light of these findings, the following can be suggested. .It can be more useful to read the electronic texts by transforming them to the printed materials. .In teaching carried out through electronic texts, the factors such as the learning environment, the health of the learned should also be taken into consideration. Key Words: Screen reading, Reading from the printed material, Electronic texts, Learning through Technology, Learning