TY - JOUR
T1 - Students' collaborative inquiry - Relation to approaches to studying and instructional intervention
AU - Heinström, Jannica
AU - Sormunen, Eero
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - In order to develop suitable pedagogical methods for inquiry based learning we need an increased understanding of factors that influence students' work in inquiry assignments. The aim of this study was to investigate how high school students' ways to work in a collaborative source-based writing assignment was influenced by their individual approach to studying and the teacher's instructions and guidance in the class. The respondents were 53 high school students who filled out a questionnaire regarding their work on the source based assignment and the OPPI test of their approaches to studying. A factor analysis revealed three work patterns: a collaborative, a labour intense and a subject oriented. The results showed that the collaborative pattern was related to instructional differences, while a subject oriented work pattern was typical for students with a deep approach regardless of instruction. Instructional differences and study approaches also influenced degree of challenges in the project and, to a certain extent, learning experiences. The findings show a complex interplay between personal preferences and instructional interventions in forming students' paths through source based writing assignments.
AB - In order to develop suitable pedagogical methods for inquiry based learning we need an increased understanding of factors that influence students' work in inquiry assignments. The aim of this study was to investigate how high school students' ways to work in a collaborative source-based writing assignment was influenced by their individual approach to studying and the teacher's instructions and guidance in the class. The respondents were 53 high school students who filled out a questionnaire regarding their work on the source based assignment and the OPPI test of their approaches to studying. A factor analysis revealed three work patterns: a collaborative, a labour intense and a subject oriented. The results showed that the collaborative pattern was related to instructional differences, while a subject oriented work pattern was typical for students with a deep approach regardless of instruction. Instructional differences and study approaches also influenced degree of challenges in the project and, to a certain extent, learning experiences. The findings show a complex interplay between personal preferences and instructional interventions in forming students' paths through source based writing assignments.
KW - Approaches to studying
KW - collaboration
KW - group work assignment
KW - high school students
KW - individual differences
KW - inquiry learning
KW - instruction
KW - quantitative analysis
KW - Approaches to studying
KW - collaboration
KW - group work assignment
KW - high school students
KW - individual differences
KW - inquiry learning
KW - instruction
KW - quantitative analysis
KW - Approaches to studying
KW - collaboration
KW - group work assignment
KW - high school students
KW - individual differences
KW - inquiry learning
KW - instruction
KW - quantitative analysis
U2 - 10.1177/0165551515621838
DO - 10.1177/0165551515621838
M3 - Artikel
SN - 0165-5515
VL - 42
SP - 324
EP - 333
JO - Journal of Information Science
JF - Journal of Information Science
IS - 3
ER -