Information Skills, Searching Behaviour and Cognitive Styles for Student-Centred Learning: A Computer-Assisted Learning Approach.

Wood, Frances; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ523176

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Publication Date: 1996

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Information Skills, Searching Behaviour and Cognitive Styles for Student-Centred Learning: A Computer-Assisted Learning Approach.

Wood, Frances; And Others

Journal of Information Science, v22 n2 p79-92 1996

Describes a study of undergraduates that was conducted to determine how they searched databases, the effectiveness of their searches, and their satisfaction with them. The students' cognitive and learning styles were determined by the Lancaster Approaches to Studying Inventory and Riding's Cognitive Styles Analysis tests. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Higher Education, Information Skills, Learning Processes, Online Searching, Optical Data Disks, Search Strategies, Tables (Data), Undergraduate Students, User Satisfaction (Information)

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Approaches to Studying Inventory

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