How educators and students exploit and adapt the Internet for their complete educational environment, including administration, teaching, learning, research, and communication.

Writing, Technology and Teens

4/24/2008 | Report  | Amanda Lenhart Sousan Arafeh Aaron Smith Alexandra Rankin Macgill

Teens write a lot, but they do not think of their emails, instant and text messages as writing. This disconnect matters because teens believe good writing is an essential skill for success and that more writing instruction at school would help them.
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The Internet as a Resource for News and Information about Science

11/20/2006 | Report  | John Horrigan

Fully 87% of online users have at one time used the internet to carry out research on a scientific topic or concept.
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The Internet’s Growing Role in Life’s Major Moments

4/19/2006 | Report  | John Horrigan Lee Rainie

60 million Americans say that the internet helped them make big decisions or negotiate their way through major episodes in their lives.
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The Internet at School

8/2/2005 | Memo  | Lee Rainie Paul Hitlin

There has been a 45% increase since 2000 in the number of teenagers who use the internet at school.
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The Internet Goes to College

9/15/2002 | Report  | Steve Jones Mary Madden

This is a report of a study of college students’ use of the Internet. Most all college students surveyed had used the Internet. The academic and social impacts of their Internet use is discussed.
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College Students and the Web

9/15/2002 | Memo  | Lee Rainie Max Kalehoff Dan Hess

Data provided by comScore Networks detailing the kinds of Web sites that are particularly appealing to college students, and the kinds of sites where a high proportion of shoppers are college students.
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The Digital Disconnect: The widening gap between Internet-savvy students and their schools

8/14/2002 | Report  | Doug Levin Sousan Arafeh Amanda Lenhart Lee Rainie

A study of Internet savvy middle school and high school students. Based on 14 national, diverse focus groups conducted by the American Institutes for Research, and found that students report that there is a substantial disconnect between how they use the Internet for school and how they use the Internet during the school day and under teacher direction.
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The Internet and Education

9/1/2001 | Report  | Amanda Lenhart Maya Simon Mike Graziano

An overview of how today’s student and parents use the Internet to do research, homework, contact schools and teachers, and also sometimes to cheat.
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Teenage Life Online

6/21/2001 | Report  | Amanda Lenhart Lee Rainie Oliver Lewis

A detailed look at how children and young adults have incorporated the Internet into their lives, with a focus on family and friend relationships, and fervor with which adolescents use instant messaging technology.
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