A longitudinal study of changes in learners' cognitive states during and following an information literacy teaching intervention

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 449-479

  Walton, Geoff ^a   Hepworth, Mark ^b  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cognition; Critical thinking; Electronic resources; Learning; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955601088     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220411111124541     Document Type: Article

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