Improving Student Information Search

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-84334-781-1
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 442 g

Metacognition is a set of active mental processes that allows users to monitor, regulate, and direct their personal cognitive strategies. Improving Student Information Search traces the impact of a tutorial on education graduate students' problem-solving in online research databases. The tutorial centres on idea tactics developed by Bates that represent metacognitive strategies designed to improve information search outcomes. The first half of the book explores the role of metacognition in problem-solving, especially for education graduate students. It also discusses the use of metacognitive scaffolds for improving students' problem-solving. The second half of the book presents the mixed method study, including the development of the tutorial, its impact on seven graduate students' search behaviour and outcomes, and suggestions for adapting the tutorial for other users.

Zielgruppe

Instruction librarians in higher education and high schools, education faculty members, reference librarians, special librarians and information science/studies researchers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blummer, Barbara

Kenton, Jeffrey M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Hochschuldidaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Intelligenz, Denken, Problemlösen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- List of figures and tables - Figures
- Tables

- Acknowledgments
- About the authors
- Summary of the study
- 1: Overview of the study - Abstract
- Introduction
- Background - metacognition in information search
- Need
- Problem solving, literacy in research databases, and tutorial-based library instruction
- Research questions

- 2: Information research and the search process - Abstract
- Introduction
- Early research
- Dervin's methodology, theory, and framework
- Information-seeking behavior
- Information retrieval researchers
- Summary of information search research

- 3: Research on metacognition - Abstract
- Introduction
- Early research
- Metacognitive instruction
- Summary of research on metacognition

- 4: Problem solving and metacognition - Abstract
- Introduction
- Problem solving and memory
- Problem solving and metacognition
- Metacognitive experiences and problem solving
- Metacognitive knowledge and problem solving
- Metacognition and problem solving on the web
- Metacognitive training and problem solving
- Idea tactics tutorial
- Summary of problem solving and metacognition

- 5: Information problem solving and metacognitive skills - Abstract
- Introduction
- Evolution of information problem solving and metacognition research
- Metacognition in information problem-solving research from the EU
- Improving students' information problem solving
- Idea tactics tutorial
- Summary of information problem solving and metacognition

- 6: Education graduate students' information-seeking skills - Abstract
- Introduction
- Early research
- Education graduate students' research skills in the millen

Über Autor(innen)

Kenton, Jeffrey M.
Jeffrey M. Kenton is the Assistant Dean for the College of Education at Towson University, USA. Among his research interests are: instructional technology, technology literacy, problem-solving, assessment and metacognition. His present work revolves around studying the intersections between classroom technology use and pre-service preparation, content knowledge and metacognition.

Blummer, Barbara
Barbara Blummer is the Reference Librarian for the Center for Computing Sciences in Bowie, Maryland, USA. She received a MLS from the University of Maryland in 1995, a master's degree in Communications/Digital Library from Johns Hopkins University in 2005, and an EdD from Towson University in Instructional Technology in 2012. She has published numerous articles in the library literature and presented at various information literacy conferences.