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Improving Student Information Search - A Metacognitive Approach (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,551
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Improving Student Information Search - A Metacognitive Approach (Paperback): Barbara Blummer, Jeffrey M. Kenton

Improving Student Information Search - A Metacognitive Approach (Paperback)

Barbara Blummer, Jeffrey M. Kenton

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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.
provides metacognitive strategies to improve students information search outcomesincorporates tips to enhance database search skills in digital librariesincludes seminal studies on information behaviour "

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Imprint: Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 2014
Authors: Barbara Blummer • Jeffrey M. Kenton
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 978-1-84334-781-1
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Library & information sciences > Library & information services
Books > Social sciences > Education > Study & learning skills
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LSN: 1-84334-781-4
Barcode: 9781843347811

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