Using context to promote learning from information-seeking tasks
✍ Scribed by Oliver, Ron ;Oliver, Helen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 134 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-8231
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
seeking tasks either for personal interest or as part of zylo, 1993). Retention in this context refers to the extent some instructional activity. In most instances, an asto which the retrieved information is able to be rememsumed and implicit purpose of the information seeking bered in tests of recall. In our previous studies, it appeared is that some form of learning will occur. But this is not that possible reasons for the lack of retention might come necessarily the case. Research into the use of electronic information sources has demonstrated that while stu-from the use of inadequate investigative approaches leaddents can demonstrate successful information retrieval ing to a failure on the part of students to properly interpret skills and strategies, they can often fail to learn and rethe gained information. In many instances, students aptain the information and knowledge with which they have peared to place more emphasis on the process of the been engaged. The purpose of this study was planned information retrieval activity than the product, the inforto test the hypothesis that information-seeking activities based on contextual and social purposes would lead to mation sought.
higher levels of knowledge acquisition and learning than
The development of information skills is recognized those achieved through activities where the purpose and as a critical component of Australian schools' curricula context was absent. The results from this study provide both at primary and secondary level. The importance of tacit support for this hypothesis. Our study found that information skills was recognized by the Australian Eduwhen students participated in information-seeking activities and tasks, the amount of knowledge gained and cation Council (1989) in its Hobart Declaration on retained was influenced by the context and purpose of Schooling where information skills were included as a the activity.
common and agreed goal of schooling in general. More recently, information-based competencies have been identified across all key learning areas in national curricu-