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Documents Model and Online Research and Comprehension Model as the framework for sourcing throughout online inquiry

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Description

The study is informed by two theoretical models. The Online Research and Comprehension Model frames online inquiry as five recursive, reciprocal processes: "specifying information need and locating, critically evaluating, synthesizing, and communicating online information". The Documents Model holds that "readers can construct two types of representations when reading multiple texts: an intertext model and an integrated mental model", with source-to-content and source-to-source links connecting source information to content and across documents. The intervention and its scoring rubrics were designed around these models, treating sourcing as applicable in every inquiry phase.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Sourcing instruction should be structured to follow the phases of online inquiry so that source information is attended to in each phase

Constraints

  • The Documents Model was initially developed in the context of interpreting historical documents, and the article applies it to online health information

Target Learners

  • upper secondary school students

Learning Goals

  • sourcing during online inquiry
  • critical evaluation of online information
  • multiple document comprehension

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Hämäläinen, E. K., Kiili, C., Räikkönen, E., Lakkala, M., Ilomäki, L., Toom, A., & Marttunen, M. (2023). Teaching sourcing during online inquiry – adolescents with the weakest skills benefited the most. Instructional Science, 51, 135–163. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-022-09597-2
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title Documents Model and Online Research and Comprehension Model as the framework for sourcing throughout online inquiry
description The study is informed by two theoretical models.
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