The Effects of Web Searching Strategies on Elementary School Students
Abstract: Acquisition of online information is a very critical ability for student learning. However, there is a lack of instruction and materials designed to address this very issue. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of instruction in web searching strategies on elementary school students. A total of 136 Taiwanese fifth-grade students were randomly assigned to control and experimental (receiving instruction) groups. A series of one-factor analyses of covariance was conducted to assess the effects of the instruction. Results indicated that after receiving instruction, the experimental group increased its completion rate from 72.79% to 87.9%, but no statistical significance was found. Yet, after receiving instruction in search strategy, the experimental group presented a statistically significant higher correction rate than the control group. This implies that instruction in search strategy affects students’ Internet search ability positively.
Presider: Fnu Mihir, Norwalk Community College