Despite The Internet, Google Generation Lacks Analytical Skills -- Google Gene... - The Diigo Meta page

• 19 Jul 08
  

  Jason Paddock

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• 11 Jul 08
  

  Michel Roland

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  •  For one, information literacy has not improved with the widening access to technology. Instead, the speed of Web searching means little time is spent evaluating information for relevance, accuracy, or authority. 

     Young people also have difficulty in developing an effective search strategy. As a result, they have a strong preference for using natural language in searching, rather than analyzing which keywords might be more effective.
  • The study also dispelled some myths about the Google Generation. For one, researchers found no evidence that young people were more impatient in fulfilling their information needs than others. Research also found that young people do not place more credibility on the Internet and their peers as information sources, but place more value on teachers, relatives and textbooks.

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