Epistemological Beliefs, Information-Search Strategies and Criteria for the Validation of Web Information

Epistemological Beliefs, Information-Search Strategies and Criteria for the Validation of Web Information

This work describes an exploratory study of 286 junior high school students in Mar del Plata, Argentina, regarding the themes: a) places and frequency of access to the Internet; b) strategies used by students in searching the Internet for relevant information; c) the way in which they validate a...

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Hlavní autoři: Martínez Vidal, Rubén Darío, Montero Mauro, Yolanda Haydeé, Pedrosa Borrini, María Eugenia
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Vydáno: REDIE es una publicación del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE). 2010
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spelling redie-article-2462017-04-19T01:05:25Z Epistemological Beliefs, Information-Search Strategies and Criteria for the Validation of Web Information Creencias epistemológicas, estrategias de búsqueda de información, y criterios para validar la información de la Web Martínez Vidal, Rubén Darío Montero Mauro, Yolanda Haydeé Pedrosa Borrini, María Eugenia Computers uses in education Internet secondary education evaluation criteria epistemology. Creencias epistemológicas estrategias de búsqueda criterios de validación epistemología. This work describes an exploratory study of 286 junior high school students in Mar del Plata, Argentina, regarding the themes: a) places and frequency of access to the Internet; b) strategies used by students in searching the Internet for relevant information; c) the way in which they validate and make sense of the data obtained; and d) students’ epistemological beliefs. Results indicated that: a) participants were more willing to use ready-made search strategies and superficial approaches for the validation of information; b) different frequencies of Internet access revealed no impact on the search strategies; c) students showed an intermediate epistemological development; d) various interrelationships were found between epistemological beliefs, Internet-search strategies, and criteria for validating web information; and e) girls showed epistemological beliefs slightly more sophisticated than those of boys. Este trabajo describe un estudio exploratorio sobre 286 estudiantes de educación media del Mar del Plata (Argentina) acerca de los temas: a) lugares de acceso a Internet y sus frecuencias, b) estrategias utilizadas por los estudiantes en la búsqueda de información relevante en Internet, c) forma en que validan y dan sentido a los datos obtenidos, y d) sus creencias epistemológicas de los estudiantes. Los resultados indicaron que: a) los participantes estuvieron más dispuestos a utilizar estrategias de búsqueda elaboradas y abordajes superficiales para validar la información, b) diferentes frecuencias de acceso a Internet no revelaron impacto sobre las estrategias de búsqueda, c) los estudiantes mostraron un desarrollo epistemológico intermedio, d) se encontraron varias interrelaciones entre creencias epistemológicas, estrategias de búsqueda en Internet y criterios para validar la información de la web, y e) las mujeres mostraron creencias epistemológicas ligeramente más sofisticadas que los varones. REDIE es una publicación del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE). 2010-05-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion text/html application/pdf https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/246 Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa; Vol. 12 No. 1 (2010) Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa; Vol. 12 Núm. 1 (2010) 1607-4041 spa https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/246/742 https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/246/406 Derechos de autor 2019 Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa
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author Martínez Vidal, Rubén Darío
Montero Mauro, Yolanda Haydeé
Pedrosa Borrini, María Eugenia
spellingShingle Martínez Vidal, Rubén Darío
Montero Mauro, Yolanda Haydeé
Pedrosa Borrini, María Eugenia
Epistemological Beliefs, Information-Search Strategies and Criteria for the Validation of Web Information
author_facet Martínez Vidal, Rubén Darío
Montero Mauro, Yolanda Haydeé
Pedrosa Borrini, María Eugenia
author_sort Martínez Vidal, Rubén Darío
title Epistemological Beliefs, Information-Search Strategies and Criteria for the Validation of Web Information
title_short Epistemological Beliefs, Information-Search Strategies and Criteria for the Validation of Web Information
title_full Epistemological Beliefs, Information-Search Strategies and Criteria for the Validation of Web Information
title_fullStr Epistemological Beliefs, Information-Search Strategies and Criteria for the Validation of Web Information
title_full_unstemmed Epistemological Beliefs, Information-Search Strategies and Criteria for the Validation of Web Information
title_sort epistemological beliefs, information-search strategies and criteria for the validation of web information
description This work describes an exploratory study of 286 junior high school students in Mar del Plata, Argentina, regarding the themes: a) places and frequency of access to the Internet; b) strategies used by students in searching the Internet for relevant information; c) the way in which they validate and make sense of the data obtained; and d) students’ epistemological beliefs. Results indicated that: a) participants were more willing to use ready-made search strategies and superficial approaches for the validation of information; b) different frequencies of Internet access revealed no impact on the search strategies; c) students showed an intermediate epistemological development; d) various interrelationships were found between epistemological beliefs, Internet-search strategies, and criteria for validating web information; and e) girls showed epistemological beliefs slightly more sophisticated than those of boys.
publisher REDIE es una publicación del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE).
publishDate 2010
url https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/246
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