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Sormunen, Eero; Tanni, Mikko; Heinström, Jannica – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2013
Introduction: Information literacy instruction is often undertaken in schools as collaborative source-based writing assignments. his paper presents the findings of a study on collaboration in two school assignments designed for information literacy. Method: The study draws on the models of cooperative and collaborative learning and the task-based…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Cooperative Learning, Information Seeking, Interviews
Bitso, Constance; Fourie, Ina – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2012
Introduction: This study investigates the information needs and information-seeking patterns of secondary level geography teachers in Lesotho to guide the design and implementation of an information service for these teachers. Leckie, Pettigrew and Sylvain's model of professionals' information-seeking served as a theoretical framework but was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Information Seeking, Information Needs
Herring, James E. – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2011
Introduction: This study, based in a Scottish secondary school, aimed to examine the views of students who were completing work experience, on their information literacy practices, and the differences they found between the school and workplace information environments while on work experience. The views of guidance teachers were also explored.…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Constructivism (Learning), Information Literacy, Work Experience
Eckerdal, Johanna Rivano – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2011
Introduction: The study is part of a project in which young women's evaluation of information sources before choosing a contraceptive is studied. It focuses on young women meeting midwives for counselling about contraceptives. Conversations are information literacy practices with both parties negotiating about needed and appropriate information on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Females, Sexuality
Sormunen, Eero; Lehtio, Leeni – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2011
Introduction: We report on a pilot study of students' use of sources in authoring Wikipedia articles. The procedure is demonstrated by investigating how students processed texts from sources to compose their own texts. Method: Four groups of upper secondary school students (aged 17-18 years) participated in an eight-week geography course and seven…
Descriptors: Sentences, Biology, Information Literacy, Secondary School Students
Meyers, Eric M. – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2007
Introduction: changes in educational policy and practice demand that we examine school library programmes from a new perspective. As a model that takes a developmental view of minds in context, Cultural Historical Activity Theory is particularly well suited to the study of school libraries and the learning that occurs therein. This paper focuses…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Services, Best Practices, Intervention
Shin, Dong Hee – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2007
Introduction: This study investigates the processes involved in the development of a broadband community network in the Northeast USA. A community network project was studied by tracing the developmental processes from network design to the stabilisation of information infrastructure. Method: A case study was conducted on the broadband community…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Qualitative Research, Interviews, Computer Networks
Williamson, Kirsty; McGregor, Joy – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2006
Introduction: The paper describes an interim model for understanding the influences on information use in relation to plagiarism, with a focus on secondary school students. Available literature mostly focuses on the tertiary level and on quantifying the extent of plagiarism, with limited availability of theory or empirical research focussing on…
Descriptors: Plagiarism, Secondary School Students, Models, Grade 10