How do gender, Internet activity and learning beliefs predict sixth-grade students' self-efficacy beliefs in and attitudes towards online inquiry?
González-Ibáñez Roberto; Hossain Md Arman; Erdmann Norbert; Mikkilä-Erdmann Mirjamaija; Otieno Suzanne CSA; Leppänen Paavo HT; Laakkonen Eero; Vauras Marja; Quintanilla-Gatica Mario; Mikkonen Teemu; Sormunen Eero
How do gender, Internet activity and learning beliefs predict sixth-grade students' self-efficacy beliefs in and attitudes towards online inquiry?
González-Ibáñez Roberto
Hossain Md Arman
Erdmann Norbert
Mikkilä-Erdmann Mirjamaija
Otieno Suzanne CSA
Leppänen Paavo HT
Laakkonen Eero
Vauras Marja
Quintanilla-Gatica Mario
Mikkonen Teemu
Sormunen Eero
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2021102752593
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2021102752593
Tiivistelmä
Today's students search, evaluate and actively use Web information in their school assignments, that is, they conduct an online inquiry. This current survey study addresses sixth-grade students' self-efficacy beliefs in and attitudes towards online inquiry, and to what extent free-time and school-related Internet activity, gender and learning beliefs explain these. The questionnaire was administered in 10 schools to 340 sixth-graders in Finland. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed three elements of self-efficacy beliefs: self-efficacy in Web searching, the evaluation of sources and synthesising information. Furthermore, attitudes towards online inquiry loaded into two factors: a positive and a negative attitude towards online inquiry. A structural equation model was used to analyse the effects of the explanatory variables on the factors. The results of this work suggest that gender and free-time Internet use predict most sixth-graders' self-efficacy beliefs in and attitudes towards online inquiry.
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