Using Think Alouds, Think Afters, and Think Togethers to Research Adolescents' Inquiry Experiences

Autor/in	Branch, Jennifer L.
Titel	Using Think Alouds, Think Afters, and Think Togethers to Research Adolescents' Inquiry Experiences
Quelle	In: Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 52 (2006) 3, S.148-159 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-4805
Schlagwörter	Research Methodology; Adolescents; Data Collection; Learning Activities; Information Seeking; Foreign Countries; Encyclopedias; Inquiry; Learning Experience; Models; Researchers; Online Searching; Verbal Communication; Reports; Search Strategies; Protocol Analysis; Student Needs; Electronic Libraries; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Research method; Forschungsmethode; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Data capture; Datensammlung; Lernaktivität; Informationserschließung; Ausland; Encyclopedia; Enzyklopädie; Lernerfahrung; Analogiemodell; Researcher; Forscher; Online-Recherche; Abschlussbericht; Berichten; Suchstrategie; Digitale Bibliothek; Elektronische Bibliothek; Kanada
Abstract	This article presents three research methods--Think Alouds, Think Afters, and Think Togethers--as ways of gathering data to describe the experiences of adolescents during instructional activities. These verbal report methods were used in two studies that examined the information-seeking processes of adolescents in Inuvik, Northwest Territories and Beaumont, Alberta. The first study revealed that participants needed both mediation (instruction and support) and practice to develop the skills and strategies needed for full-text searching of electronic encyclopedias. The second study revealed that students needed mediation (instruction and support) throughout an inquiry-based learning experience and that using Kuhlthau's (1993) Information Search Process model as a guide for cognitive and affective mediation was useful. The Think Alouds, Think Afters, and Think Togethers allowed the researcher to collect data about the adolescents' experiences of information-seeking; the data-gathering processes also provided the participants with a deeper understanding of their own experiences of instructional activities. The article concludes with recommendations to enhance researchers' use of verbal report methods with adolescents. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10