{"id":97678,"date":"2001-09-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-09-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2001\/09\/01\/the-internet-and-education\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:18:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:18:49","slug":"the-internet-and-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2001\/09\/01\/the-internet-and-education\/","title":{"rendered":"The Internet and Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;the-internet-and-education&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"the-internet-and-education\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Internet and Education<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Internet has become an increasingly important feature of the learning environment for teenagers. Research by the Pew Internet &amp; American Life Project shows that teens use the Internet as an essential study aid outside the classroom and that the Internet increasingly has a place inside the classroom.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some of the significant findings from a survey of 754 youths ages 12-17 conducted last November and December:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>94% of youth ages 12-17 who have Internet access say they use the Internet for school research and 78% say they believe the Internet helps them with schoolwork.<\/li>\n<li>71% of online teens say that they used the Internet as the major source for their most recent major school project or report.<\/li>\n<li>41% of online teens say they use email and instant messaging to contact teachers or classmates about schoolwork.<\/li>\n<li>34% of online teens have downloaded an online study aid.<\/li>\n<li>18% of online teens say they know of someone who has used the Internet to cheat on a paper or test.<\/li>\n<li>58% of online teens report using Web sites that had been set up specifically for their school or for a particular class.<\/li>\n<li>17% of online teens have created a Web page for a school project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some of the key findings from a survey of 754 of the parents of those youths:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>87% of parents of online teens believe that the Internet helps students with their schoolwork and 93% believe the Internet helps students learn new things.<\/li>\n<li>55% say the Internet has been a good thing for their children; only 6% say it has been a bad thing; 38% say the Internet has no effect one way or the other on their children.<\/li>\n<li>55% say that it is essential for today\u2019s children to learn how to use the Internet in order to be successful and another 40% believe it is important.<\/li>\n<li>28% of these parents have used email to communicate with their children\u2019s teachers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other education-related findings in the survey work of the Pew Internet Project:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>5% of adult Internet users have taken a class online for college credit. That amounts to more than 5 million people.<\/li>\n<li>53% of adult Internet users have gone online to do research for school or job training. On any given day 8% of adult Internet users are online doing research for school or job training.<\/li>\n<li>52% of adult Internet users have done job-related research online. On a typical day, 16% of Internet users are online doing job-related research. 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