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Download full textArnone, Marilyn P.; Small, Ruth V.; Weng, Shicheng – School Library Research, 2016
Several instruments previously validated for use in school library research were tested for their appropriateness in the context of public libraries' summer reading programs for youth. The researchers were also interested in whether the connection between perceived competence in one's own information skills and perceived competence in one's own…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, School Libraries, Public Libraries
Direct linkYung, Hsin I.; Paas, Fred – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
This study investigated the effects of a pedagogical agent that cued relevant information in a story-based instructional animation on the cardiovascular system. Based on cognitive load theory, it was expected that the experimental condition with the pedagogical agent would facilitate students to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant…
Descriptors: Animation, Cues, Instructional Innovation, Information Literacy
Tanni, Mikko – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2012
Introduction: Few studies have addressed teacher trainees' information acquisition in the context of a task. The paper reports findings from an empirical study on teacher trainees' use of information (seeking) channels and sources, and their modes of information acquisition in lesson planning. Method: Semi-structured (retrospectively held)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Information Seeking
Leu, Donald J.; Forzani, Elena; Rhoads, Chris; Maykel, Cheryl; Kennedy, Clint; Timbrell, Nicole – Reading Research Quarterly, 2015
Is there an achievement gap for online reading ability based on income inequality that is separate from the achievement gap in traditional, offline reading? This possibility was examined between students in two pseudonymous school districts: West Town (economically advantaged) and East Town (economically challenged; N = 256). Performance-based…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Achievement Gap, Electronic Learning, School Districts
Curcic, Svjetlana – Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of instruction in information problem solving within the world wide web (the web) environment. The participants were 20 seventh and eighth grade students with a learning disability (LD) in reading. An experimental pretest-posttest control group method was used to investigate the…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Pretests Posttests, Prior Learning, Problem Solving
Jansen, Barbara – Library Media Connection, 2007
What motivates middle school students? Hormones and success! There is not much that teachers can do about the hormones, but they sure can affect the success. "Teaching Information and Communication Technology Skills: The Big6 in Middle Schools," a new book from Linworth Publishing, offers classroom teachers and teacher librarians new strategies…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Information Technology, Technological Literacy, Information Skills
Shoemaker, Joel; Schau, Elizabeth; Ayers, Rachael – Knowledge Quest, 2008
Seventh grade students entering South East Junior High in Iowa City come from eight elementary feeder schools, as well as from schools around the world. Their information literacy skills and knowledge of reference sources vary, but since all seventh graders and new eighth graders are required to take one trimester of Visual Studies, all entering…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Reference Materials, Visual Literacy, Information Literacy
