The role of meta-cognition in web searching to support inquiry-based learning

Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL 2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 443-450

  Gorrell, Genevieve ^a   Madden, Andrew ^a   Holdridge, Peter ^a   Ford, Nigel ^a   Eaglestone, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inquiry based learning; Meta cognition; Web searching

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING;

INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING; KEYPOINTS; META COGNITIONS; METACOGNITION; METACOGNITIVE SKILLS; RESEARCH TOPICS; WEB-SEARCHING;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 79955594306     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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