An Exploratory Study Into the Information-Seeking Behaviour of Grade-Three Students

As the Internet and new pedagogical methods are introduced into the classroom, young children in the lower grades of elementary school are engaging in multi-source research to support class projects. The proposed phenomenological study is advocated to study the techniques employed by young students...

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Published inProceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI
Main Author Nesset, Valerie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 20.10.2013
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ISSN2562-7589
2562-7589
DOI10.29173/cais299

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Summary:As the Internet and new pedagogical methods are introduced into the classroom, young children in the lower grades of elementary school are engaging in multi-source research to support class projects. The proposed phenomenological study is advocated to study the techniques employed by young students when looking for information, the kinds of sources they prefer, how these sources are used, what barriers are confronted, the students’ feelings about the process, and how they can be helped to exploit better the information resources available to them.Depuis que l’Internet et les nouvelles méthodes pédagogiques ont été introduits dans les salles de classe, les jeunes enfants des premières années de l’école primaire effectuent des recherches multi-sources dans le cadre de leurs projets scolaires. L’étude phénoménologique proposée a pour objectif d’étudier les techniques utilisées par les jeunes élèves lorsqu’ils cherchent de l’information, les catégories de ressources qu’ils préfèrent, comment ces ressources sont utilisées, quels inconvénients sont rencontrés, les sentiments ressentis par les... 
ISSN:2562-7589
2562-7589
DOI:10.29173/cais299