Karen S. Ivers

An Internet research model

This paper focuses on basic, advanced, and original research activities of the Internet. Basic research refers to retrieving information from a single, often preselected, online source; advanced research includes a wider variety of sources and involves high-order thinking skills; original research focuses on using the Internet to conduct investigations through surveys and collaborative experiments. Alternatives to online research are also examined and a model is proposed for conducting relevant and meaningful Internet activities.