Information Skills of Finnish Basic and Secondary Education Students: The Role of Age, Gender, Education Level, Self-efficacy and Technology Usage
Abstract The information skills and technology use of 3,159 Finnish 12–22-year-old students were examined in this study. Data were collected using the combination of a usage habit questionnaire and a performance-based test that measured their skills when choosing a medium to seek informa...
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| author | Meri-Tuulia Kaarakainen Loretta Saikkonen Juho Savela |
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The information skills and technology use of 3,159 Finnish 12–22-year-old
students were examined in this study. Data were collected using
the combination of a usage habit questionnaire and a performance-based
test that measured their skills when choosing a medium to seek information,
defining search queries, and selecting and evaluating search results.
On average, these students’ information skills were found to be
insufficient. Particularly, students failed in creating search phrases,
and they tended to concentrate on content relevance at the expense
of source reliability. Versatility of technology use was found to
be the most prominent predictor of students’ information skills.
Education level also had an increasing effect on information skills,
whereas age alone, within separate education levels, did not have
the same effect. Self-efficacy was found to be associated only with
male students’ information skills. Gender had no direct effect on
information skills; rather it was identified as a moderator for
the ongoing relationship between information skills and technology
use. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8fd7348384784d0db9d1c980a8ffcc742022-12-21T20:18:03ZengUniversitetsforlagetNordic Journal of Digital Literacy0809-67241891-943X2018-01-0113567210.18261/issn.1891-943x-2018-04-0518948693Information Skills of Finnish Basic and Secondary Education Students: The Role of Age, Gender, Education Level, Self-efficacy and Technology UsageMeri-Tuulia KaarakainenLoretta SaikkonenJuho SavelaAbstract The information skills and technology use of 3,159 Finnish 12–22-year-old students were examined in this study. Data were collected using the combination of a usage habit questionnaire and a performance-based test that measured their skills when choosing a medium to seek information, defining search queries, and selecting and evaluating search results. On average, these students’ information skills were found to be insufficient. Particularly, students failed in creating search phrases, and they tended to concentrate on content relevance at the expense of source reliability. Versatility of technology use was found to be the most prominent predictor of students’ information skills. Education level also had an increasing effect on information skills, whereas age alone, within separate education levels, did not have the same effect. Self-efficacy was found to be associated only with male students’ information skills. Gender had no direct effect on information skills; rather it was identified as a moderator for the ongoing relationship between information skills and technology use.https://www.idunn.no/dk/2018/04/information_skills_of_finnish_basic_andsecondary_educationinformation skillstechnology usageself-efficacyInternetFinnish studentsinformationskills |
| spellingShingle | Meri-Tuulia Kaarakainen Loretta Saikkonen Juho Savela Information Skills of Finnish Basic and Secondary Education Students: The Role of Age, Gender, Education Level, Self-efficacy and Technology Usage Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy information skills technology usage self-efficacy Internet Finnish students informationskills |
| title | Information Skills of Finnish Basic and Secondary
Education Students: The Role of Age, Gender, Education Level, Self-efficacy
and Technology Usage |
| title_full | Information Skills of Finnish Basic and Secondary
Education Students: The Role of Age, Gender, Education Level, Self-efficacy
and Technology Usage |
| title_fullStr | Information Skills of Finnish Basic and Secondary
Education Students: The Role of Age, Gender, Education Level, Self-efficacy
and Technology Usage |
| title_full_unstemmed | Information Skills of Finnish Basic and Secondary
Education Students: The Role of Age, Gender, Education Level, Self-efficacy
and Technology Usage |
| title_short | Information Skills of Finnish Basic and Secondary
Education Students: The Role of Age, Gender, Education Level, Self-efficacy
and Technology Usage |
| title_sort | information skills of finnish basic and secondary education students the role of age gender education level self efficacy and technology usage |
| topic | information skills technology usage self-efficacy Internet Finnish students informationskills |
| url | https://www.idunn.no/dk/2018/04/information_skills_of_finnish_basic_andsecondary_education |
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