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The Difference in the Online Medical Information Searching Behaviors of Hospital Patients and Their Relatives versus the General Public
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Wang, Hung-Yuan; Liang, Jyh-Chong; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Educational Technology & Society, 2014
The purpose of this study is two-fold: to explore the differences in online medical information searching behaviors, including evaluative standards and search strategies, of the general public (general group) and those of hospital patients and their relatives (hospital group); and to compare the predictive relationship between the evaluative…
Descriptors: Online Searching, Patients, Differences, Search Strategies
University Students' Online Information Searching Strategies in Different Search Contexts
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Tsai, Meng-Jung; Liang, Jyh-Chong; Hou, Huei-Tse; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
This study investigates the role of search context played in university students' online information searching strategies. A total of 304 university students in Taiwan were surveyed with questionnaires in which two search contexts were defined as searching for learning, and searching for daily life information. Students' online search strategies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Metacognition, Search Strategies, Online Searching
Students' Self-Regulated Learning, Online Information Evaluative Standards and Online Academic Searching Strategies
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Tseng, Sheng-Chau; Liang, Jyh-Chong; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2014
Online information searching strategies (OISS) used by students can be viewed as a key indicator in online learning environments. Therefore, developments in their OISS may also involve variables such as self-regulated learning (SRL) and online information evaluative standards (OIES). Three instruments, an OISS, a SRL and an OIES were used to…
Descriptors: Online Searching, Independent Study, Search Strategies, Foreign Countries
The Information Commitments toward Web Information among Medical Students in Taiwan
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Liang, Jyh-Chong; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate medical students' information commitments toward online web medical information. The sample consisted of 534 volunteer medical university students with internet experience from 6 medical universities in Taiwan. This study used the Information Commitment Survey (ICS) for an investigation of medical…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Search Strategies, Foreign Countries, Internet