A Comparison of Information Literacy and Social Skills in Students in Distance Education and Those in Traditional Education

The present study aimed to compare the amount of information literacy and social skills of high school students trained in traditional education and distance one. Considering the aim، it is a practical study، and considering data collection، it is a descriptive cross sectional survey study. The population of the study was all5400 female and male high school students in Arak city. The sample size was 240people selected through a combination of stratified and cluster sampling methods. Data collection tools were standardized social skills questionnaire and researcher-made information literacy questionnaire. The reliability co-efficiencies of the questionnaires were 0. 91 for information literacy and 0. 73 for social skills. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean، percentage، frequency، standard deviation) and inferential statistics (two independent groups t test). The results showed that there was no significant difference between information literacy of students in traditional education and in distance education system. Also there was no significant difference between social skills in the two groups.