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SCHOOL: ADVISORS: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: MPACT Status: Incomplete - Inspected Title: The metacognitive knowledge of adolescent students during the Information Search Process Abstract: Metacognitive knowledge is a critical piece of the information literacy puzzle. In a world of exploding information and communications possibilities, the difficulty for users of information systems and services may not lie in finding information but in filtering and integrating it into a cohesive whole. To do this, they must be able to make sense of it, an act that assumes knowledge about one's own information needs, goals and abilities. This type of self-knowledge--called metacognitive knowledge --has three basic components: knowledge of one's self, knowledge of the nature of a cognitive task in relation to one's own cognitive abilities, and knowledge of how and when to effectively use cognitive strategies to complete a cognitive task. Such knowledge, when used in information seeking, may help users to solve complex information problems. There is perhaps no other user group who could benefit more from the development of metacognitive knowledge than adolescents, aged 16 to 18. On the cusp of adulthood, they face many of the complex information problems of adults, but as "novice adults" their depth of knowledge on most topics may be shallow simply because they have only experienced life for a handful of years. |
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Students under Leanne Bowler
ADVISEES:
- Wan-Yin Hong - University of Pittsburgh (2011)
COMMITTEESHIPS:
- Tingting Jiang - University of Pittsburgh (2010)
- Rebecca J Morris - University of Pittsburgh (2011)