@article{c4c14e7c884548208abfdbf30019e0a8,
title = "Information seeking for instructional planning: An exploratory study",
abstract = "Although the amount and range of educational resources on the Internet is vast, finding appropriate materials for a given instructional situation is often problematic. This research study explored the information-seeking and Internet-searching patterns of prekindergarten through 12th-grade educators as part of the Gateway to Educational Materials project funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Some results indicate that educators tend to search for lesson plans more than other types of instructional resources and use parts of an instructional resource or adapt a resource to their specific situations rather than use the resource “as is.” Some differences in information-seeking patterns among various educator groups were also found.",
keywords = "Information-seeking behavior, Instructional design, Internet, Networked information discovery and retrieval",
author = "Small, {Ruth V.} and Stuart Sutton and Makiko Miwa and Claire Urfels and Michael Eisenberg",
note = "Funding Information: This research was funded through the Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) Project of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education (RR93002009). The authors wish to thank Theresa Gilliard~Cook and Mima Cataldo for their assistance with this study. Funding Information: Although the amount and range of educational resources on the Internet is vast, finding ap~ propriate materials for a given instructional situation is often problematic. This research study explored the information~seeking and Internet~searching patterns of prekindergarten through 12th~grade educators as part of the Gateway to Educational Materials project funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Some results indicate that educators tend to search for lesson plans more than other types of instructional resources and use parts of an instructional re~ source or adapt a resource to their specific situations rather than use the resource {"}as is.{"} Some differences in information~seeking patterns among various educator groups were also found. (Keywords: information~seeking behavior, instructional design, Internet, networked informa~ tion discovery and retrieval.)",
year = "1998",
doi = "10.1080/08886504.1998.10782251",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "31",
pages = "204--219",
journal = "Journal of Research on Computing in Education",
issn = "0888-6504",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "2",
}