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Action Research of Keller Plan on Improving Students¡¦ Information Literacy

In terms of the importance of information literacy for future education; the efficacy of information learning is hardly assessed; therefore, the main purposes of this research were ¡]1¡^to assess the efficacy of information literacy education at case school;¡]2¡^to know what influences information literacy of students at case school;¡]3¡^to implement remedial courses based on Keller Plan ;¡]4¡^to assess whether Keller Plan is effective in improving information literacy educa-
tion. In order to achieve this goal, information indicators of case school were used as a tool to assess the efficacy of information literacy education at case school and Keller Plan was adopted to improve students¡¦ information literacy. Finally, the production of graduation CD would be used to reassess teaching efficacy after the introduction of Keller Plan.
Conclusions of this research were made as follows:
¢°¡B In the pretest, the efficacy of students¡¦ information learning did not corre-
spond to information literacy indicators established by case school.
¢±¡B Gender, father¡¦s educational level, information equipment and habits of use
did not make a significant impact on students¡¦ information literacy at case school.
¢²¡B Programmed Project based on Keller plan could improve general and inferior students¡¦ information literacy at case school.
¢³¡B Modified version of Keller Plan can be used to elevate students¡¦ information literacy.
Suggestions of this research were listed below:
¢°¡B For school administration¡G
¡]a¡^ To establish certification mechanism for information literacy.
¡]b¡^ To adopt spiral curriculum for information literacy education.
¡]c¡^ To open information literacy courses for parents.
¢±¡B For teachers¡¦ teaching¡G
¡]a¡^ To adopt project-based teaching.
¡]b¡^ To integrate cooperative learning into information literacy education.
¡]c¡^ To teach skills before related concepts.
¢²¡B For students¡¦ learning¡G
¡]a¡^ To learn how to screen useful information.
¡]b¡^ To do extracurricular learning.
¢³¡B For future research¡G
¡]a¡^ To expand sampling locally or nationally.
¡]b¡^ To establish national certification system.
Key words: information literacy, Keller Plan, action research

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0719107-203018
Date19 July 2007
CreatorsTu, Ching-hsiang
Contributorsnone, Peii Chou, none
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageCholon
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0719107-203018
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