Minimalist Instruction for Learning to Search the World Wide Web |
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Authors: | Ard W Lazonder |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Instructional Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | This study examined the efficacy of minimalist instruction to develop self-regulatory skills involved in Web searching. Two versions of minimalist self-regulatory skill instruction were compared to a control group that was merely taught procedural skills to operate the search engine. Acquired skills were tested on Web search tasks and search tasks in an online library catalogue. Self-regulatory skill instruction was found to increase practice time by 25%. However, it did not enhance search performance on the test tasks. Explanations are advanced for these findings and topics for further research are identified. |
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Keywords: | World Wide Web learning minimalism instruction self-regulation |
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