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Literature Review Main ideas 1. Actively engaged students learn more. Supporting Evidence 1. /Active participation by the learner increases his rate and degree o% learning0 12unter" 13'(" p. (*4.

2. Cooperative learning" 5ean states" /provides an environment in which 2. Cooperative learning leads to higher students engagement and deeper learning. students can re%lect upon their newly ac6uired &nowledge" process what they are learning by tal&ing with and actively listening to their peers" and develop a common understanding about various topics 12-12" p. 3( 3. When students are engaged and using their imagination they learn better. 4. n today!s 21st century classrooms" students get engaged and learn through incorporating the internet. 3. /7owadays students need to be in6uisitive and use their imagination to e+plore sub)ects. $hey not only need to get &nowledge but also to understand how and why things wor&0 18elandia" 2-12" p" 124. 4. /Web9based activities constitute an easy9to9use way %or learning management and they ma&e the internet a use%ul tool %or education0 18elandia" 2-12" p. 124.

#. /Web9based learning is becoming an even more power%ul interactive #. $he use o% the internet in learning helps increase students understanding and source that increases learners: &nowledge and that guarantees 6uantity and 6uality o% language input and output. Added to this" the changing role o% &nowledge o% content. the teacher is more responsive to students: sel%9directed learning0 18elandia" 2-12" p. 134. '. $he internet can provide di%%erentiated" concrete and rich supplements to any content. (. When students are engaged they en)oy using the computer %or learning instead o% )ust playing games. *. Although a third o% students are e+tremely engaged in online learning there is still an increase needed to ,rope in! the #-. that are only vaguely interested. '. Web materials have a pedagogical value in the sense that they %oster opportunities %or richer interdisciplinary content learning and allow the development o% s&ills to deal appropriately with in%ormation0 18elandia" 2-12" p. 134. (. / t was a positive point that students used the internet %or academic purposes instead o% )ust playing computer games0 18elandia" 2-12" p. 1(4. *. /;ore than a hal% o% the percentage o% students was 6uite interested 1#2.3.4 while 33.3. was really interested. $his showed that we had a great challenge to involve our students in interactive activities that engaged them in the pro)ect and changed a little bit their idea o% using web sites not only %or %un but %or both learning and having %un0 18elandia" 2-12" p. 134.

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2unter" ;. 113'(4. Teach for Transfer. $housand <a&s" CA= Corwin >ress. 5ean" C." 2ubbell" ?." >itler" 2. @ Atone" B. 12-124. Classroom instruction that works (2nd ed.). 5enver" C<= ;cR?L. 8elandia" ;. R." $orres" A. L. >." @ Ali" ;. 7. 12-124. Csing web9based activities to promote reading= an e+ploratory study with teenagersDCso de actividades en la red para promover la lectura= un estudio e+ploratorio con adolescents. Revista >R<E L?" 14124" 11F. Retrieved %rom http=DDgo.galegroup.comDpsDi.doGidHIAL? .(CA31*34#1'#@vH2.1@uHnuJmain@itHr@pHA<7?@swHw@asidH'bee4d##(d1bbe3*4-b3*b2*3(1(ea-2