Motivating secondary students in information evaluation : need for cognition and self-efficacy.

• Main Author: Lim, Poh Heng.
• Other Authors: Theng Yin Leng
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Education
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/36295
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This dissertation aims to study the perceptions of secondary students regarding the characteristics for information quality and the evaluation strategies they usually employ when working on school assignments and project work. A quantitative approach is adopted for the study. Students from three ma...