The Journey Ahead: Thirteen Teachers Reports How the Internet Influences Literacy and Literacy Instruction in Their K-12 Classrooms.

Karchmer, Rachel A.

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ERIC Number: EJ634595

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Publication Date: 2001

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The Journey Ahead: Thirteen Teachers Reports How the Internet Influences Literacy and Literacy Instruction in Their K-12 Classrooms.

Karchmer, Rachel A.

Reading Research Quarterly, v36 n4 p442-66 Oct-Dec 2001

Indicates that the teachers viewed the Internet's influence on reading as an extension of traditional literacy skills. Notes that the elementary teachers noticed an increase in their students' motivation to write when their work was published on the Internet for a greater audience, but the secondary teachers did not find that was the case. (SG)

Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Internet, Literacy, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Writing Attitudes, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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