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Title:
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USING THE INTERNET FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES: CHALLENGES FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN MALAYSIA |
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Author(s):
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Shamila Mohamed Shuhidan, Peter Macauley, Sue Reynolds |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-20-5 |
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Editors:
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Gunilla Bradley |
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Year:
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2010 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Internet, information seeking, knowledge, skills, school children. |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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162 |
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Last Page:
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166 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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For some time now, in all types of schools, the curriculum has been integrated with online learning in order to meet the demands of an information and knowledge-based society. The Malaysian government has made a major investment in ICT programs for national schools in order to fulfill this demand. In Malaysian Smart Schools students participate in an ICT literacy program from Year 1 to Year 6. In Year 4 primary school children are introduced to the use of computers to access the Internet for school assignments and for personal use. It has been found that school children have difficulty in searching for information for academic purposes due to their limited knowledge of the Internet and web searching skills. This research paper, derived from doctoral research findings, attempts to identify the trends and challenges in the information seeking techniques of school children using the Internet for academic purposes. |
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