ERIC Number: ED586807
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Publication Date: 2016-Apr-9
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Students' Preferences for and Use of Sources across Print and Digital Mediums
Grossnickle, Emily M.; Singer, Lauren M.
AERA Online Paper Repository, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Washington, DC, Apr 8-12, 2016)
Students are commonly tasked with using digital and print sources, yet research has yielded distinct lines of research focusing on preferences for digital sources, use of multiple sources in a single medium, and comprehension of single sources across mediums. The present study integrates these lines of research to examine how student preferences for digital and print sources vary by source type, and the degree to which source preferences are translated into multiple source use when digital and print sources are equally accessible. Results suggest that for undergraduates (N=50), source medium and source type were related for source preferences and time spent using sources, and that students spent more time with and transformed more source material when working with printed sources.
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Preferences, Information Sources, Electronic Publishing, Printed Materials, Reading Comprehension, Access to Information, Undergraduate Students
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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