Computer technology has a role to play in the remediation of children with reading problems and successes in
reading instruction (NICHD, 2000) such as motivation, personal instruction, and interaction. The NRP’s metaanalysis of the extant research in computer technology revealed several findings. First, all the studies report
positive results, suggesting that it is possible to use computer technology for reading instruction. Second, new
computers have many multimedia presentation functions and research is needed on the use of multimedia
presentations in reading instruction. Third, computer-presented text indicates that this may be a promising use of
Copyright The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology 141
technology in reading instruction. Fourth, use of computer technology to assist reading is a relatively new field,
the number of studies published in this area is small and many questions remain unanswered (NICHD, 2000)