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Spanning information behaviour across the stages of a learning task

Spanning information behaviour across the stages of a learning task Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of personality (intellectual curiosity, conscientiousness and negative emotionality) and approach to studying (deep, strategic and surface) on students’ learning-related information behaviour in inquiry tasks. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 219 senior high school students with the use of three questionnaires. Findings – The findings showed that students’ individual traits influenced different aspects of their learning-related information behaviour from information need to information use. Research limitations/implications – The results were based on survey data. Reliability issues with the scales are discussed. In future research qualitative data would enrich the understanding of the phenomena. Practical implications – The results are informative for teachers and librarians who guide students in inquiry tasks. Originality/value – The study spanned learning-related information behaviour across the whole inquiry process: from task construction through task performance to task completion. The findings showed that individual traits were particularly influential at the task completion stage, that is on information use. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Documentation Emerald Publishing

Spanning information behaviour across the stages of a learning task

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Emerald Publishing
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0022-0418
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10.1108/JD-02-2014-0041
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of personality (intellectual curiosity, conscientiousness and negative emotionality) and approach to studying (deep, strategic and surface) on students’ learning-related information behaviour in inquiry tasks. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 219 senior high school students with the use of three questionnaires. Findings – The findings showed that students’ individual traits influenced different aspects of their learning-related information behaviour from information need to information use. Research limitations/implications – The results were based on survey data. Reliability issues with the scales are discussed. In future research qualitative data would enrich the understanding of the phenomena. Practical implications – The results are informative for teachers and librarians who guide students in inquiry tasks. Originality/value – The study spanned learning-related information behaviour across the whole inquiry process: from task construction through task performance to task completion. The findings showed that individual traits were particularly influential at the task completion stage, that is on information use.

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Journal of Documentation – Emerald Publishing

Published: Oct 7, 2014

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