How Does Information Literacy Instruction in Secondary Education Affect Students’ Self-efficacy Beliefs and Attitudes?

Alamettälä, Tuulikki; Sormunen, Eero; Hossain, Arman

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“…The basic data on students’ self-efficacy beliefs in online research, their attitudes toward learning, and their behavioral intentions in online research were collected via a questionnaire developed for the study (Alamettälä et al , 2019). Self-efficacy beliefs were targeted to information searching (three items, Cronbach’s α = 0.746) and writing (three items, α = 0.727).…”

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Learning online research skills in lower secondary school: long-term intervention effects, skill profiles and background factors

Alamettälä

Sormunen

2021

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the long-term development of online research skills effects of a teaching intervention in online research skills among lower secondary school students and how various factors such as teaching interventions and students’ to identify students’ skill profiles in online research self-efficacy, attitudes, information and communication technology (ICT) activity and gender are associated with development. Design/methodology/approach Two intervention courses were implemented to improve online research skills among 7th-grade students. In the follow-up test in the 8th grade, students’ skills were measured in Web searching, critical evaluation of sources and argumentative use of Web information. Students’ self-efficacy beliefs in online research, their attitudes toward learning, behavioral intentions in online research and ICT activity were surveyed by questionnaires. Findings The main finding was that the effect observed immediately after the intervention in 7th grade did not last until the following year. A cluster analysis revealed six skill profiles characterizing strengths and weaknesses in students’ performance in the subtasks of online research and indicated that many students suffer from poor evaluation skills. Self-efficacy beliefs stood out as a student-related factor associated with the development of online research skills. Originality/value This study contributed to the pedagogy of online research skills. It indicates that small-scale interventions are not enough to enhance 7th-graders’ online research skills. Students need continuous practice in different contexts during their school years. It is important to support students’ self-efficacy to motivate them to develop their skills in all the subtasks of online research. This study also demonstrated the importance of follow-up studies in online research skills, as they have been rare thus far.

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“…One dimension of attitudes is behavioral intentions, which refers to the intent to act a certain way with regard to an object. In our previous study, we noticed that the intervention changed students’ behavioral intentions in the evaluation of search results and source-based writing (Alamettälä et al , 2019).…”

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Learning online research skills in lower secondary school: long-term intervention effects, skill profiles and background factors

Alamettälä

Sormunen

2021

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“…Attitudes are usually resistant to change, and this includes attitudes towards online searching and reading. A two-year intervention related to information literacy skills in Finnish secondary schools produced some changes in behavioural intention, but had no impact on the pupils' attitudes and self-efficacy (Alamettälä and Sormunen 2021;Alamettälä, Sormunen and Hossain 2018). This led the researchers to propose that self-efficacy should be considered a separate learning goal.…”

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Teenagers’ Vocabulary Knowledge and Self-Efficacy as Elements in Effective L2 Online Searches

Nordlund

Kokkola

Rydström³

2023

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As English dominates the Internet, most education systems need to prepare pupils to perform L2 information searches. Generating efficient search terms and understanding the information retrieved requires good vocabulary knowledge. This study examined the relationship between vocabulary knowledge, L2 online searching, and attitudes towards online searching. A sample of Swedish pupils’ abilities in locating suitably difficult texts and learning words were tested by comparing their Vocabulary Size Test scores with the lexical density of their search results and subsequent text production. Long-term vocabulary recall and self-efficacy for searching online were also tested. The results indicate that pupils tended to read and write texts below their ability level. They were unaware that they could achieve more as their self-efficacy measures indicated high confidence levels despite rather modest skills. The challenge posed by the findings is to enable teenagers to recognize how much more effectively they could use the Internet, without damaging their confidence.

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Mga hamon at estratehiya ng mga mag-aaral sa online na pagkatuto sa asignaturang Filipino: Batayan sa programang interbensyon

Belen,

Astorga

2023

IJRSE

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The outbreak of the COVID-19 in the country caused a challenging academic year to the academic sector, which leads to the Department of Education to develop an innovative method to deliver quality Education to students amidst facing the difficult situation began during pandemic. The so-called Learning Continuity program of the Education sector includes the New Normal Educational system such as, Remote Learning, Online Learning and Blended Learning. Blended Learning the most used among the three new ways of learning, is using the modern technology thru online learning, in this innovative method, as the main method suitable to the needs of public schools during the pandemic was carried out to make the learning process possible for students. But despite this, the students experienced different challenges in this method. In this study, it emerged from the result that one of the main problems of students is the lack of knowledge of technology, follows the financial or financial needs and their learning environment. However, it is also discussed that having the purpose to finish their studies and studying hard are two of the most common strategies they used to solve their problems. The study also discussed the implications of the results of the study and the appropriate intervention to address the challenges they experienced.

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How Does Information Literacy Instruction in Secondary Education Affect Students’ Self-efficacy Beliefs and Attitudes?

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Learning online research skills in lower secondary school: long-term intervention effects, skill profiles and background factors

Learning online research skills in lower secondary school: long-term intervention effects, skill profiles and background factors

Teenagers’ Vocabulary Knowledge and Self-Efficacy as Elements in Effective L2 Online Searches

Mga hamon at estratehiya ng mga mag-aaral sa online na pagkatuto sa asignaturang Filipino: Batayan sa programang interbensyon

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