In researches, a trend of decreasing motivation to read is visible among young people. That is why in lesson teachers have to additionally encourage them to read. In researchers’ opinions, there is not enough diverse reading material in lessons, which would consider reading interests of students. As a solution is nowadays offered information-communication technology which with its options increases access to diverse literature. Some researchers believe that with the use of e-books, with added interactive functions, we could motivate students to read more. For this purpose a research was made, in which was studied reading motivation of more than 300 fourth graders from the city of Ljubljana, which have read e-books in literature class. With solving two surveys students have shown to what extent they have felt motivated to read after reading e-books in online app IMapBook. They were reading in three different ways namely basic text, text with added games or they participated in an online chatroom after reading. Statistical analysis of data showed that the online app IMapBook positively influences fourth graders’ motivation to read because after reading e-books they felt more motivated to read books than before. Even though students’ answers showed that reading e-books was equally difficult as reading physical books, this type of reading was less tiresome and they enjoyed it more. Simultaneously we found out that the fourth graders would rather cooperate at this kind of reading and would more like to talk about it with their schoolmates and friends. In the comparison between different ways of reading we haven’t perceived any differences, which means that all students regardless of the way they were reading have the same opinion about motivation to read. On basis of the analysis, regarding sex differences, we can claim that reading e-books in IMapBook improves boys’ motivation to read and at the same time decreases girls’ motivation to read. To summarize, the crucial findings of this research were that using online app IMapBook in learning process encourages fourth graders’ motivation to read, which shows that its use in school is reasonable. Findings of this research are useful for all primary school teachers who want to diversify literature class with the help of introducing different ways of reading, but need critiques of concrete learning materials that are on the market. Data is also useful for researchers and other educators that are developing didactics of literature with the purpose that the process of learning meets the needs of students and modern society.
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