Learning in a sheltered Internet environment: The use of WebQuests
ARTICLE
Eliane Segers, Ludo Verhoeven
Learning and Instruction Volume 19, Number 5, ISSN 0959-4752 Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
The present study investigated the effects on learning in a sheltered Internet environment using so-called WebQuests in elementary school classrooms in the Netherlands. A WebQuest is an assignment presented together with a series of web pages to help guide children's learning. The learning gains and quality of the work of 229 sixth graders participating in either a free-search Google condition or a closed-search WebQuest condition were compared. The closed-search condition showed the highest learning gains for boys. Children's information processing and linguistic skills generally influenced their learning gains and did not interact with condition. A difference in the quality of writing for the two conditions was also found with the language quality being higher in the free-search condition.
Citation
Segers, E. & Verhoeven, L. (2009). Learning in a sheltered Internet environment: The use of WebQuests. Learning and Instruction, 19(5), 423-432. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved August 5, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/105570/.
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Keywords
- Assignments
- Comparative Analysis
- Computer Assisted Instruction
- EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
- educational technology
- Foreign Countries
- gender differences
- Google search
- Grade 6
- information communication technologies
- Information Processing
- Instructional Effectiveness
- internet
- learning environment
- Online Searching
- Search Engines
- Search Strategies
- Web Sites
- webquest
- writing
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