The Internet and Education: Findings of the Pew Internet & Americ an Life Project

[Sloan, Bernie]

About a week ago, the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project
released a report called "The Internet and Education", based on surveys of
754 youths ranging from 12-17 years old.

The following is among their findings:

"When asked to think about the last big report they wrote for school, 71% of
online teens reported relying mostly on Internet sources for their research.
Another quarter (24%) reported using mostly library sources, and 4% said
they used both equally." 

An interesting report, available at:

http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=39

Bernie Sloan
Senior Library Information Systems Consultant
University of Illinois Office for Planning and Budgeting
338 Henry Administration Building
506 S. Wright Street
Urbana, IL  61801
Phone: (217) 333-4895
Fax:     (217) 265-0454
E-mail: bernies at uillinois.edu