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A SCALE DEVELOPMENT STUDY: THE SCALE OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS’ INFORMATION SEARCH STRATEGIES ON THE INTERNET
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to develop a scale for investigating the online information searching strategies used by middle school students. The scale was administrated to a total of 720 students who are fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth graders of the middle schools located at Yenimahalle-Ankara in 2014-2015 academic year. The principal component analysis was used to obtain the evidence for the validity of the scale of which content validity was provided through experts’ judgments. Based on the exploratory factor analysis, it was determined that the scale has a structure composed of eight main factors. These factors are named based on the literature on information literacy and information searching strategies as well as the characteristics of items in the subscales as evaluation of information sources, using advanced search features, determining the search strategy, checking the accuracy of information, selecting the information sources, identifying the information need, finding and accessing information, and finalizing information search process. The Cronbach Alpha (α) coefficient for the scores obtained from the overall scale was calculated as 0,832
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Yayımlanma Tarihi
1 Temmuz 2017
Gönderilme Tarihi
1 Temmuz 2017
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2017 Cilt: 46 Sayı: 215