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