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When I searched using a subject, I got 1071 hits. Although it was a lot to look through, I did find some useful sites. When searching through keywords, I got more specific information pertaining to my topic. I found many sites while searching under a keyword. Lastly I searched in a metasearch and got too many results as a subject search. I then tried to make it a keyword search in the metasearch and had much better luck. I prefer keyword search in the individual search engines or only through Northern Light. I did not get specific enough information through "Ask Jeeves.com".

ATTEMPT	Search Terms and Operations Used		# of HITS			Quality of Hits		(URL's included)
1	YAHOO -student oriented learning SUBJECT		1071			Lots to choose from - Interesting pages		www.isbe.state.il.us/dr-d/student.htm
2	WebCrawler- "student-oriented learning" KEYWORD		1			A book about the topic and activities		www.dinah.com/catalog.htm
3	Exite- "student-oriented learning" KEYWORD		10			1 good one- article about technology in the classroom		www.cti.ac.uk./publ/actlea/editorial.html
4	SAA KEYWORD		10			3 teachers and their view of SOL. Boo!		http://www.sullivan.leon.k12.fl.us.LTT/webmasters.html
5	Amazon.Com KEYWORD		1			A wonderful book on the subject		www.Amazon.com
6	HotBot- "Student-oriented learning" KEYWORD		0			N/A		None
7	Yahoo- "Student-oriented learning" KEYWORD		30			A lot of school listings. Excellent source for ED links here…		www.isbe.state.ils.us/dr-d/student.htm
8		EXITE- "student oriented learning" lesson plans KEYWORD			1		Excellent resource with many links for K-12 educators		www.Teachweb.net/
9	AskJeeves.Com -"What is student-oriented learning? METASEARCH		10 on Webcrawler 9 on Infoseek 10 on Exite 10 on About.com 8 on AltaVista			1 Good,useful article on learning styles		www.wmich.edu/asc/learning-styles.html
10	AskJeeves.Com-"What are some ideas for lesson plans that encourage student-oriented learning? META		Varied- too lengthy of a question			Lots of lesson plan ideas can be found		www.aj.com
11		NORTHERN LIGHT- "student-oriented learning" META		126			Had schools that practiced this theory.		None useful
12		NORTHERN LIGHT- "student-directed learning" METASEARCH		860			Found a good book on the subject.		www.Brookspublishing.com/e-catalog/books/wehmeyer-3300/index.htm
13		SAA		860			Good article on how to spot a good classroom		www.student-wea.org/misc/spotclas.htm