An Integrated Contextual and Web-Based Issue Quest Approach to Improving Students' Learning Achievements, Attitudes and Critical Thinking

Autor/inn/en	Sung, Han-Yu; Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Chang, Hong-Sheng
Titel	An Integrated Contextual and Web-Based Issue Quest Approach to Improving Students' Learning Achievements, Attitudes and Critical Thinking
Quelle	In: Educational Technology & Society, 18 (2015) 4, S.299-311 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1436-4522
Schlagwörter	Student Improvement; Academic Achievement; Student Attitudes; Critical Thinking; Information Seeking; Online Searching; Problem Based Learning; Teaching Methods; Instructional Effectiveness; Relevance (Education); Learning Activities; Elementary School Students; Pretests Posttests; Web Based Instruction; Statistical Analysis; Grade 5; Questionnaires + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Schülerverhalten; Kritisches Denken; Informationserschließung; Online-Recherche; Problem-based learning; Problemorientiertes Lernen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtserfolg; Relevance; Relevanz; Lernaktivität; Web Based Training; Statistische Analyse; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Fragebogen
Abstract	In the era of computer and communication technologies, fostering students' high-level thinking abilities has become an important educational objective. Engaging students in web information searching to answer a series of questions related to a target issue has been recognized as a helpful approach for promoting students' thinking processes. In this study, a contextual learning approach is employed in web information searching activities to improve students' learning achievement, attitudes and critical thinking ability. The participants were divided into an experimental group, which was guided to use Internet resources to complete problem-based learning tasks with the contextual learning approach, and a control group, which learned with the conventional web information searching approach that situated students in a pure web information searching environment to answer questions for the issue to be investigated. From the experimental results, it was found that the experimental group exhibited significantly better learning attitudes, learning achievement, and better critical thinking than the control group, suggesting the effectiveness of the integrated contextual and web information searching approach in terms of helping students use Internet resources to investigate the target issue in depth. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01