dc.contributor.author	Boling, Angelia D.	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	Northeast Georgia	en_US
dc.coverage.temporal	2003-2004	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-09-11T15:21:03Z	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-09-30T15:57:59Z	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2011-03-02T17:28:58Z
dc.date.available	2009-09-11T15:21:03Z	en_US
dc.date.available	2009-09-30T15:57:59Z	en_US
dc.date.available	2011-03-02T17:28:58Z
dc.date.issued	2004-03	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10428/69	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of this research was to determine the impact of Web-based, selfdirected learning on student engagement and to investigate whether students' locus of control was related to their success with Web-based, self-directed learning. Teachers' and students' attitudes were also examined. I developed a Web site of various WebQuests appropriate for the sixth-grade social studies curriculum. Three sixth-grade social studies teachers, myself included, used this site to access quality lessons that encourage self-directed learning and then implemented the lessons with our students over a two week period. This study included observations based on Schlechty's student engagement scale (Schlechty, 2003), student work samples, interviews, a locus of control scale for children, and surveys. Findings suggest that Web-based, self-directed learning activities are engaging, enjoyable and beneficial to sixth-grade students. More than half of the students were observed as authentically engaged throughout the entire learning activity; a similar percentage of students judged themselves as highly engaged. Student choice, the opportunity to use computers, and the authenticity of the lessons appeared to be the factors that led to their interest in the activities. No clear link was found between students' locus of control and their success in self-directed learning. Teachers' and students' attitudes, initially quite positive, became only slightly more favorable as a result of the intervention.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	External locus of control	en_US
dc.subject	Internal locus of control	en_US
dc.subject	Web-based learning	en_US
dc.subject	Self-directed	en_US
dc.title	Promoting Self-directed Learning Through the Use of WebQuests: An Action Research Study	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Curriculum and Instructional Technology	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Leader, Lars	en_US
dc.description.committee	Brovey, Andrew J.	en_US
dc.description.committee	Mozzetta, Danielle	en_US
dc.description.degree	Ed. S.	en_US
dc.description.major	Instructional Technology	en_US