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An Investigation of Factors that May Demotivate Secondary School Students Undertaking Project Work: Implications for Learning Information Literacy
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Smith, Marian; Hepworth, Mark – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2007
This paper describes an exploratory, qualitative study of the motivational issues associated with project work--a method intended to help encourage independent learning skills. The population studied were United Kingdom secondary school students who attended a state-funded comprehensive school in Derbyshire. The study chose to explore why…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Independent Study, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries