Evaluating a Metacognitive Tool on tte Search Behavior of Education Graduate Students in Digital Lib
Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
Room 1220
Proposal
See presentation description.
Short Description
We discuss the impact of a metacognitive tool on supporting individuals’ problem solving in digital libraries. The tool centered on “idea tactics” that expert searchers employ to “help improve the searching thinking” during search (Bates, 1979, p. 280). Eight education graduate students performed an initial search in Academic Search Premier using a think aloud protocol. Following access to the tutorial, participants performed additional searches on their topic and utilized the intervention as needed. Assessment focused on the impact of the tutorial on search strategies and outcomes.
Keywords
Information literacy, Metacognition, Idea tactics, Tutorials
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Blummer, Barbara, "Evaluating a Metacognitive Tool on tte Search Behavior of Education Graduate Students in Digital Lib" (2012). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 27.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2012/2012/27
Evaluating a Metacognitive Tool on tte Search Behavior of Education Graduate Students in Digital Lib
Room 1220
See presentation description.