Effect of Internet Use on Development of Information Literacy: A Panel Study with Japanese Elementary School Children.

Autor: Takahira, Mieko1 takahira@nime.ac.jp, Ando, Reiko2 rei@rivo.rnediatti.net, Sakamoto, Akira3 sakamoto.akira@ocha.ac.jp
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Zdroj: Computers in the Schools. 2007, Vol. 24 Issue 3/4, p65-82. 18p. 1 Diagram, 4 Charts.
Abstrakt: This study focused on whether Internet use improves skills for practical use of information, which is termed information literacy in Japan. Data from Japanese elementary school children (n = 702) were analyzed in a two-wave panel study in order to estimate the causal relationship between Internet use and information literacy. Structural equation modeling was the specific technique applied in a cross-lagged effect model. Results of the analysis indicated that greater use of the Internet led to higher information literacy in the whole-scale measure of practical use of information, as well as in the subskill areas of collecting, judging, and expressing information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts