Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

2001

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Kumar, David D.

Abstract

The growth of primary educational websites on the Internet is astonishing. Although it is generally believed that websites for primary students and primary teachers are appropriate and useful, the fact remains that these websites are not regulated for their developmental appropriateness or their literacy content appropriateness. Using criteria based upon nationally recognized standards, this study examines the difference between educational literacy websites designed for primary students and those designed for primary teachers for developmental appropriateness and literacy content appropriateness. Also, this study examines data from primary student and primary teacher literacy websites for the degrees of compliance for developmental appropriateness and literacy content appropriateness, according to nationally recognized standards. Overall, this study finds significant differences between primary student websites and primary teacher websites analyzed are developmentally appropriate compared to 55% of the websites that are literacy content appropriate in compliance with nationally recognized standards. The findings generated in this study raise issues for educators, researchers, and policy makers. This study points to the fact that there is an immense need to evaluate the developmental appropriateness and the literacy content appropriateness of primary literacy websites

Extent

116 p.

Comments

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2001.|College of Education|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (Ed.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2001.

Identifier

FADT11961

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