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gjl-174	Emily Colleen Cobb	Very Mindful, Very Multimodal: Digital Texts Affordances for Emergent Readers	2025	20	.pdf	application/pdf	10334	495	46	While this type of text goes against what the other studies have found regarding what types of digital texts result in higher reading comprehension outcomes, Shimizu’s (2024) findings are important for educators to consider as these are also the types/genres of digital texts students encounter, especially considering the reality of standardized testing in U.S. schools. Digital devices with storybook apps allow for books that can be read without a mediator, but that does not erase the need for a teacher mediator or scaffolding, and while the “Read-to-Me” feature or similar is important, and a great aspect of digital text, Reich et al. (2019) found that there needs to be a greater discussion about why teacher mediator is still key even for digital texts that include teaching elements.	cache/gjl-174.pdf	txt/gjl-174.txt