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DuPree, Helen M. – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2022
People of all ages have difficulty interpreting the information they read online. The contemporary media environment grants the public access to an unprecedented amount of information, and virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated a better understanding of that technology and students' utilization of such tools. It is widely…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Media Literacy, Critical Reading, Online Searching
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López Vicent, Patricia; Serrano, José Luis; Gutiérrez Porlán, Isabel – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2022
The purpose of the present study is to delve into the process of personal management of digital information among Spanish university students in their final year and to analyze whether there are similarities or differences regarding students' gender. A non-experimental methodological design has been implemented of an exploratory type and based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Information Management, Information Technology
Willever-Farr, Heather Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study examines the online information behaviors of experienced and novice family history researchers, though the lens of accuracy and an increasingly digital research and production environment. It presents a model of the information behaviors of family history researchers, as well as a literacies framework, which visualizes the skills and…
Descriptors: Genealogy, Researchers, Information Seeking, Online Searching
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Nurul Farihah Rosli; Nur Nabila Azman; Nurul Ajleaa Abdul Rahman; Goh Ying Soon – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2025
This study develops a student-centered project-based learning (PJBL) model tailored to enhance English writing skills for ESL learners by addressing challenges and leveraging effective strategies identified through their experiences. A qualitative case study approach was employed, and data were collected from nine ESL learners in Malaysia through…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Student Projects, Active Learning, Writing (Composition)
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Zhou, Mingming; Lam, Kelly Ka Lai – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2019
Online information search has become essential to knowledge construction. Digital information technologies are proliferating, and students are expected to be able to use them to manage the enormous volumes of information available online. Past research has shown that students of all ages may lack the ability to search for and find information…
Descriptors: Online Searching, Metacognition, Search Strategies, Age Differences
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Rutter, Sophie; Clough, Paul D.; Toms, Elaine G. – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2019
Introduction: This study provides insights into the talk (defined here as any verbal utterances issued during a search activity) that children (ages 10 and 11) engage in when finding information on the Internet for two teacher-assigned tasks with different search goals: a specific item task where the goal is to find particular information, and a…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Search Strategies, Online Searching, Internet
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Franco, Juan Víctor Ariel; Garrote, Virginia Laura; Escobar Liquitay, Camila Micaela; Vietto, Valeria – Research Synthesis Methods, 2018
Objective: Search strategies are essential for the adequate retrieval of studies in a systematic review (SR). Our objective was to identify problems in the design and reporting of search strategies in a sample of new Cochrane SRs first published in The Cochrane Library in 2015. Study design and setting: We took a random sample of 70 new Cochrane…
Descriptors: Search Strategies, Literature Reviews, Online Searching, Intervention
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Campbell, Allison; Taylor, Brian; Bates, Jessica; O'Connor-Bones, Una – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2018
The article reports on a systematic method of undertaking a literature search on the educational impact of being a young carer (16-24 years old). The search methodology applied and described in detail will be of value to academic librarians and to other education researchers who undertake systematic literature searches. Seven bibliographic…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Social Science Research, Search Strategies, Comparative Analysis
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Sendurur, Emine – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
There are many decision-making theories that explain how people decide to buy, click, read, or skip something online. Studies integrating the eye tracking methodology with decision-making processes state many assumptions. Based on a group of assumptions, the current study aims to compare the two search contexts and find if the assumptions are…
Descriptors: Internet, Decision Making, Online Searching, Graduate Students
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Harrison, Colin – Literacy, 2018
Pedagogic focus is shifting increasingly from teaching students to search the Internet efficiently to encouraging critical Internet literacy, but this paper argues that these more complex and subtle skills are both challenging to teach and difficult to identify. The paper presents an analysis of the discourse of triads of fifth graders undertaking…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Internet, Online Searching
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Miller, Angie – Knowledge Quest, 2018
Librarianship is an ever-changing journey that follows the evolution of media literacy. Currently, students live in an Internet world where politicians scream "Fake news!" at reports they don't like; foreign governments create actual fake news; and journalism seamlessly blends the genres of reporting and commenting. Students must learn…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Role, Internet
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Hamlett, Alexandra – Journal of Information Literacy, 2021
This article discusses how following graduation, students often enter the job market unprepared to find, evaluate, and use information in the digital environment effectively. Essentially, there is a disparity between the skills students attain in college coursework, including information literacy (IL) skills, and those required in the workplace,…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Skill Development, Job Skills, Online Searching
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Trakunphutthirak, Ruangsak; Lee, Vincent C. S. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2022
Educators in higher education institutes often use statistical results obtained from their online Learning Management System (LMS) dataset, which has limitations, to evaluate student academic performance. This study differs from the current body of literature by including an additional dataset that advances the knowledge about factors affecting…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Pattern Recognition, Data Analysis, Information Technology
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Luca Botturi; Chiara Beretta – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2022
Information Literacy (IL) has been named a key competence for the twentyfirst century and is being progressively introduced in many compulsory school curricula. Nonetheless, the actual implementation of effective IL education cannot be carried out without the sound preparation of teachers. This study explores the naïve, pre-instruction conceptions…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Preservice Teachers, Concept Formation, Online Searching
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Putman, S. Michael; Wang, Chuang; Rickelman, Bob; Crossley, Antony; Mittag, Waldemar – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
Competent use of the Internet to locate information is an important skill for today's youth. Yet, many lack the knowledge and dispositions to engage in the processes necessary to effectively and efficiently find information on the Internet. As a result, various countries have incorporated references to the processes of online inquiry within their…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Online Searching, International Assessment, Academic Standards
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