The predictive validities of individual working‐memory capacity profiles and note‐taking strategies on online search performance.
Online search involves multitasking and may demand better working‐memory capacities (WMC) and additional cognitive aids. Given the constraints of human cognition, we tested the effectiveness of note‐taking strategies on university students' online search performance. Also examined were the profile c...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 36; no. 6; pp. 876 - 890 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2020
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=147049852&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 147049852 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 02664909 6M1 jtl: Journal of Computer Assisted Learning issn: 02664909 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Dec2020 vid: 36 iid: 6 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 147049852 147049852 147049852 10.1111/jcal.12441 147049852 ppf: 876 ppct: 14 formats: tig: atl: The predictive validities of individual working‐memory capacity profiles and note‐taking strategies on online search performance. aug: au: Wu, Jiun‐Yu affil: Institute of Education, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan sug: subj: Memory, Short Term Evaluation Internet Searching Cognition Evaluation Documentation Multitasking Behavior Information Seeking Behavior Distraction Task Performance and Analysis Students, College Human Taiwan Conceptual Framework Experimental Studies Questionnaires Adult Female Male Pretest-Posttest Design Neuropsychological Tests Analysis of Covariance Paired T-Tests Descriptive Statistics Regression Chi Square Test Fisher's Exact Test Post Hoc Analysis Confidence Intervals Funding Source Adult: 19-44 years Female Male ab: Online search involves multitasking and may demand better working‐memory capacities (WMC) and additional cognitive aids. Given the constraints of human cognition, we tested the effectiveness of note‐taking strategies on university students' online search performance. Also examined were the profile configurations of WMC tests in silence and in irrelevant speech as well as its interaction effects with note‐taking strategies on online search performance. Among the participants of 60 university students, we found a four‐group WMC profile composition that differed significantly across WMC scores in both silence and irrelevant speech. Results showed that WMC profiles, note‐taking groups and their interaction effect were significant factors on online search performance. Both Free Note and Matrix Note were beneficial for the students in low silent WMC profile groups. Study results have both theoretical and practical implications, advancing our understanding of the interrelationship of WMC under different conditions and informing instructional practice of online search performance. Lay Description: What is already known about this topicWorking memory capacity is fundamental to multitasking ability.Online search is a typical multitasking behavior that requires constant switching between different information sources.Students who take note perform better than those who do not while reading materials with seductive but irrelevant information.What this paper addsStudents working memory capacity is examined under silent and irrelevant speech conditions.Students exhibited different profile patterns in their working memory capacity under silent and irrelevant speech conditions.Taking note, either in matrix form or free form, can significantly improve students' online search performance for those with high WMC ONLY in irrelevant speech or for those with low WMC in both silent and irrelevant speech conditions.Implications for practiceNote‐taking as auxiliary support may facilitate students' integration and evaluation of the online information across multiple sources during their online search.Instructions on how to self‐construct matrix note are needed to help students develop advanced note‐taking skills for their learning involving online search. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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