Study aims to Improve Internet Literacy

STUDY AIMS TO IMPROVE INTERNET LITERACY
[SOURCE: eSchool News, AUTHOR: Laura Ascione]
Researchers at the University of Connecticut and Clemson University are in the middle of a three-year project to find a proven method of boosting the Internet literacy skills of disadvantaged students. As part of the study, they're testing a new way to teach students how to read, understand, and critically evaluate the information they find online, through a "reciprocal" model that has been proven to work well in teaching traditional literacy skills. The $1.8 million project, called "Developing Internet Comprehension Strategies among Poor, Adolescent Students at Risk to Become Dropouts," is funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Educational Sciences.
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