ERIC Number: EJ1030595
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 17
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How Turkish Middle School Students Use the Internet to Study Social Studies
Acikalin, Mehmet
Canadian Social Studies, v47 n1 p1-17 2014
The Internet has become one of the most common educational tools used by teachers and students in social studies education worldwide. Although there are extensive studies on how the Internet is used by teachers as an instructional tool in social studies classes, less work has been done to explain how students themselves use and interact with Internet sources to study for social studies classes. The purpose of this research is to investigate how Turkish middle school students use the Internet to study and do their social studies homework. Fifty-seven middle school students completed an open ended questionnaire in one of Northern Turkey's larger cities. The results show that this group of Turkish middle school students use the Internet extensively, both to gather information for their homework and for non-academic purposes such as playing games, using social media and downloading music and films.
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Foreign Countries, Internet, Social Studies, Homework, Grade 7, Questionnaires, Time on Task, Competence, Information Seeking, Student Behavior, Critical Thinking
University of Alberta. 347 Education South, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G5, Canada. Web site: http://www2.education.ualberta.ca/css/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 7
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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