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Using Information Problem-Solving Activities to Teach: An Exploratory Study Designed to Improve Teacher Competencies Related to Internet Use in the Classroom
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Hinostroza, J. Enrique; Ibieta, Andrea; Labbé, Christian – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2021
Studies show that students and teachers frequently use the internet for learning and teaching, but that both lack the skills necessary to utilise it effectively. The authors designed an intervention to develop teachers' information search skills and improve the information problem-solving using the internet (IPS-I) tasks that they implement with…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Internet, Online Searching, Search Strategies
Analysis on Inclusion of Social Studies Economy Concepts in Coursebooks
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Seker, Mustafa; Osmanoglu, Ahmet Emin – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
Having an efficient and satisfactory economy education may enable an individual to actively participate in decision making process about economy-related issues. This is very important for democratic societies. This research aims to search methods and levels of teaching "economy" concepts prepared for Turkey 2005 Social Studies Program in…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Concept Teaching, Teaching Methods, Textbook Content
Middle-School Students' Online Information Problem Solving Behaviors on the Information Retrieval Interface
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Yeh, Yi-Fen; Hsu, Ying-Shao; Chuang, Fu-Tai; Hwang, Fu-Kwun – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2014
With the near-overload of online information, it is necessary to equip our students with the skills necessary to deal with Information Problem Solving (IPS). This study also intended to help students develop major IPS strategies with the assistance of an instructor's scaffolding in a designed IPS course as well as on an Online Information…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Educational Technology, Information Literacy, Computer Literacy
A Synthesis of Peer-Mediated Academic Interventions for Secondary Struggling Learners
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Wexler, Jade; Reed, Deborah K.; Pyle, Nicole; Mitchell, Marisa; Barton, Erin E. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
A synthesis of the extant research on peer-mediated reading and math interventions for students in regular or alternative education settings with academic difficulties and disabilities in Grades 6 to 12 (ages 11-18) is presented. Interventions conducted between 2001 and 2012 targeting reading and math were included if they measured effects on at…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Secondary School Students, Learning Disabilities, Learning Problems
Online Reading Comprehension among Seventh Grade Students with High Incidence Disabilities in Inclusive Settings: A Mixed Methods Study
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Robbins, Katherine R. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Because research exploring how students with disabilities read and comprehend on the Internet is scarce, a mixed methods study was implemented to determine if Internet Reciprocal Teaching (IRT) is an effective intervention for improving online reading comprehension among seventh grade students with high-incidence disabilities in inclusive…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Self Efficacy, Disabilities, Search Strategies
Return of the Google Game: More Fun Ideas to Transform Students into Skilled Researchers
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Watkins, Katrine – School Library Journal, 2008
Teens are impatient and unsophisticated online researchers who are often limited by their poor reading skills. Because they are attracted to clean and simple Web interfaces, they often turn to Google--and now Wikipedia--to help meet their research needs. The Google Game, co-authored by this author, teaches kids that there is a well-thought-out…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Schools, Search Strategies, Grade 9