Open AccessChanges in middle school students' six contemporary learning abilities (6‐CLAs) through project‐based design of web‐games and social media use
Author(s) -
Reynolds Rebecca
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
proceedings of the american society for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1550-8390
pISSN - 0044-7870
DOI - 10.1002/meet.14504701329
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , test (biology) , psychology , media literacy , mathematics education , class (philosophy) , social media , formal learning , digital literacy , middle class , literacy , medical education , pedagogy , computer science , world wide web , medicine , artificial intelligence , paleontology , psychiatry , political science , law , biology
This poster presents findings on student development of contemporary learning abilities among 14 middle school students enrolled in a year‐long elective game design class. The study measures students' change in attitudes towards the activities in which they participate, through their responses to a self‐report survey of frequency, motivation, and self‐reported knowledge. T‐test statistics were used to analyze pre‐ and post‐program differences, resulting in several statistically significant increases. The program and its outcomes have implications for digital literacy learning interventions that can be implemented in formal and informal learning environments with youth.