Students' Spontaneous Use of Information from Media Sources: What and How Do They Link?

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Mass Media Effects; Mass Media Use; Elementary School Students; Prior Learning

0092-1815

Students bring a variety of experiences and prior learning with media to the classroom. And, when learning is described from a number of different theories of learning, it is these experiences on which students will construct their new learning. For today's learners, these experiences, although varied, are very likely to include experiences related to media forms such as television, movies, and computer games. In this paper, the author describes the media connections that learners spontaneously add to conversations and writing in their classrooms when provided the opportunity and how these link with the current content in the learning environment. Implications for instruction that foster use of the media experiences as prior knowledge are included.

ERIC

9

2006

EJ725515