A relevance model for middle school students seeking information for an inquiry-based class history project

作者:

Highlights:

• Field study of 60 middle school students researching their class history project

• Relevance criteria achieved through students constructing topic frame

• Findings show 3-phase relevance process

• 2/3 of study participants did not achieve Verticalizing 3rd phase

• Relevance model proposed that indicates path for facilitating Verticalizing 3rd phase

摘要

•Field study of 60 middle school students researching their class history project•Relevance criteria achieved through students constructing topic frame•Findings show 3-phase relevance process•2/3 of study participants did not achieve Verticalizing 3rd phase•Relevance model proposed that indicates path for facilitating Verticalizing 3rd phase

论文关键词:Middle school students,Relevance,Information behavior,Information seeking

论文评审过程:Received 6 March 2016, Revised 12 October 2016, Accepted 18 October 2016, Available online 24 October 2016, Version of Record 19 January 2017.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2016.10.002