"It's Funner Now!" Where Online Guidance Stops and Mentoring Starts: Fifth Graders' Perceptions of Doing Research with the "Research Buddy.".

Gibson, Melissa R.; Mazur, Joan

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ERIC Number: EJ626746

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Publication Date: 2001

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"It's Funner Now!" Where Online Guidance Stops and Mentoring Starts: Fifth Graders' Perceptions of Doing Research with the "Research Buddy."

Gibson, Melissa R.; Mazur, Joan

Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, v26 p93-114 2001

Reports results of a qualitative study that examined what a group of fifth graders thought about using the "Research Buddy," a World Wide Web site designed to help them do a research project. Findings center on the comparison of student perceptions with observed student behavior. The data collection instruments are appended. (MES)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education, Grade 5, Information Skills, Intermediate Grades, Library Instruction, Qualitative Research, Questionnaires, Research Skills, School Libraries, Student Attitudes, Student Projects, Student Research, Student Surveys, World Wide Web

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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