seeking to succeed: understanding the information behaviour of adolescent learners

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Seeking to Succeed:

Understanding the

Information Behaviour of Adolescent Learners

Straight-forward questions

Heffalump Hunting

Academic Information

Needs

Everyday Life information

Needs

peers33%

teachers

52%

others16%

Who are the information sources?

What makes that person a good source?

He got an

A

She is my smartest

friendI think they pay attention in class

They did this courselast year

Technology is used innovatively

Technology as a challenge

Classroom Q&A

&Uncertainty in

Action

“The object of this dissertation isn’t to learn, it’s to produce something that’s good”

Extrinsic Motivation

interferes with information seeking as a

learning process

“lazy”?

or “self-protective”?

Self-protective motivation

inhibits information seeking as a

learning process

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