Answer First or Google First? Using the Internet in Ways That Enhance, Not Impair, One's Subsequent Retention of Needed Information

Autor/inn/en	Giebl, Saskia; Mena, Stefany; Storm, Benjamin C.; Bjork, Elizabeth Ligon; Bjork, Robert A.
Titel	Answer First or Google First? Using the Internet in Ways That Enhance, Not Impair, One's Subsequent Retention of Needed Information
Quelle	In: Psychology Learning and Teaching, 20 (2021) 1, S.58-75 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Giebl, Saskia)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1475-7257
DOI	10.1177/1475725720961593
Schlagwörter	Internet; Retention (Psychology); Information Needs; Cognitive Processes; Recall (Psychology); Problem Solving; Technology Uses in Education; Pretests Posttests; Undergraduate Students; Programming; California (Los Angeles) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Merkfähigkeit; Information need; Informationsbedürfnis; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Abberufung; Problemlösen; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Programmierung
Abstract	Technological advances have given us tools--Google, in particular--that can both augment and free up our cognitive resources. Research has demonstrated, however, that some cognitive costs may arise from our reliance on such external memories. We examined whether pretesting--asking participants to solve a problem before consulting Google for needed information--can enhance participants' subsequent recall for the searched-for content as well as for relevant information previously studied. Two groups of participants, one with no programming knowledge and one with some programming knowledge, learned several fundamental programming concepts in the context of a problem-solving task. On a later multiple-choice test with transfer questions, participants who attempted the task before consulting Google for help out-performed participants who were allowed to search Google right away. The benefit of attempting to solve the problem before googling appeared larger with some degree of programming experience, consistent with the notion that some prior knowledge can help learners integrate new information in ways that benefit its learning as well as that of previously studied related information. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01