Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate how information use contributes to learning. Conducted as part of a larger study. this study focuses on learning by analyzing students' use of cognitive skills during the process of using information. Within the broad methodological framework of qualitative research in constructivist paradigm (Guba and Lincoln. 1998), the study applied the revised Bloom's taxonomy (Anderson and Krathwohl, 2000) as a particular framework to understand the phenomenon. Participants included 21 high school juniors in an honors' class of persuasive speech. The study's combinational use of two techniques concept mapping and individual interview - in a naturalistic setting proved to be the unique methods for researching the reflection of information use in learning products. The results revealed that changes in students' understanding occured in four types - simple, analytic, organizational, and holistic changes. The analysis using the revised Bloom's taxonomy showed that a variety of cognitive skills were used during the whole process of information use and that the use of higher levels of cognitive skills is particularly crucial. [ 더 많은 내용 보기 ]