Internet Use and Online Literacy among Middle Grade Students at Risk of Dropping out of School

Autor/inn/en	Hutchinson, Amy; Henry, Laurie A.
Titel	Internet Use and Online Literacy among Middle Grade Students at Risk of Dropping out of School
Quelle	In: Middle Grades Research Journal, 5 (2010) 2, S.61-75 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1937-0814
Schlagwörter	Middle School Students; Dropouts; At Risk Students; Search Engines; Rural Schools; Reading Ability; Literacy; Internet; Online Courses; Web Based Instruction; Urban Schools; Computer Literacy; Search Strategies; Information Literacy; Computer Mediated Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Suchmaschine; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Reading competence; Lesekompetenz; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Online course; Online-Kurs; Web Based Training; Urban area; Urban areas; Stadtregion; Stadt; Computerkenntnisse; Suchstrategie; Informationskompetenz; Computerkonferenz
Abstract	This research provides an analysis of Internet use and online literacy skill among seventh-grade students who were identified as having a high risk for school dropout. Participants (n = 1,025) included students from 12 middle schools in 9 school districts. Six of the schools were located in rural and urban districts in the Northeast United States (n = 718), and 6 schools were located in rural areas and smaller cities in the Southeast United States (n = 307). The researchers developed a survey and assessment instrument to determine frequency of Internet use both inside and outside school as well as questions that assessed students' ability to read and communicate in online contexts. Results indicated that the students in this study use the Internet outside school more frequently and more diversely than inside school. Additionally, students in this study showed limited skills pertaining to the use of the Internet for various literacy-based activities, including (a) searching for and locating information efficiently, (b) reading search engine results and website texts, (c) evaluating the currency, accuracy, and reliability of information, and (d) electronically communicating information to others. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10