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http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2830
How today's college students use Wikipedia for
course-related research
/Alison J. Head, Michael B. Eisenberg/
Abstract
Findings are reported from student focus groups and a large-scale
survey about how and why students (enrolled at six different U.S.
colleges) use Wikipedia during the course-related research
process. A majority of respondents frequently used Wikipedia for
background information, but less often than they used other common
resources, such as course readings and Google. Architecture,
engineering, and science majors were more likely to use Wikipedia
for course-related research than respondents in other majors. The
findings suggest Wikipedia is used in combination with other
information resources. Wikipedia meets the needs of college
students because it offers a mixture of coverage, currency,
convenience, and comprehensibility in a world where credibility is
less of a given or an expectation from today's students.
<http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2830/2476>
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