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With the rapid development and spread of information technology, the act of reading has begun to be done through digital tools. In this context, no study was found on the habits and tendencies of teacher candidates to use digital tools for academic reading. The main purpose of this research is to determine the academic reading habits and tendencies of teacher candidates in digital environments. The research, in which descriptive statistics was used, was carried out using the survey model. The study group of the research consists of 412 teacher candidates studying in different departments at Aksaray University in the 2021-2022 academic year. The data of the research were obtained with a data collection tool consisting of two parts, "Personal Information Form" and "Questionnaire for Determining Academic Reading Habits and Trends in Digital Environment". Microsoft Excel and SPSS 20.0 package program were used in the analysis of the research data. According to the findings obtained from the research, the majority of teacher candidates reveal that they use digital devices for academic reading purposes. However, the majority of the pre-service teachers included in the study preferred reading on printed paper more than reading on a digital device in reading for academic purposes; They also state that reading on paper is more beneficial in terms of reading, comprehension and permanent learning. Pre-service teachers prefer digital devices to be easy and fast to access academic materials, to be economical, to have access everywhere, to be portable, etc. states that they use it for a number of reasons. The majority of the participants do their academic readings on smartphones and laptops. Pre-service teachers state that reading on a digital device has some limited aspects such as negatively affecting eye health, being distracted very quickly, having difficulty in focusing, and being difficult and tiring.

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