ELEM:Elementary Schools & the Net (fwd)

[Della Matthis <dellam@MUSKOX.ALASKA.EDU>]

Thought some of you might have missed this.

Della Matthis, School Library Coordinator
Alaska State Library, Anchorage, Alaska

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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 11:25:45 -0700
From: Barry N Brown <barry@selway.umt.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <wired-mt@calliope.wln.com>
Subject: Elementary Schools & the Net


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NET BOOSTS SCHOOL LEARNING

The Center for Applied Special Technology, an independent
research organization, has released a study that says elementary
school students learn more when they have access to the Internet.
Reuters reports that net-using groups got higher scores on tests
measuring learning criteria, including topic insight and information
handling accuracy.  They also did better in presenting ideas and in
understand different points of view.

The study followed a student research project among 500 fourth
and sixth grade students in six inner city school districts.  Half of
the classes used traditional teaching methods, including multimedia
computer software, while the other half also used the Internet.
"This study dramatically illustrates the positive effects of online use
on learning," said the director of the Council of Great City Schools,
an association of inner city school districts that sponsored the study.
Reuters: <http://www.yahoo.com/headlines/961017/tech/stories/learn_1.html>


Regards,
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Barry N. Brown, Assoc.Prof., Science Librarian & Access Services Coordinator
Mansfield Library, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812
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