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Information Handling Skills, Cognition and New Technologies
Author(s) -
Chambers Phil
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8535.00103
Subject(s) - metacognition , argument (complex analysis) , cognition , computer science , cognitive skill , knowledge management , information technology , educational technology , need for cognition , psychology , cognitive science , mathematics education , biochemistry , chemistry , neuroscience , operating system
Few would dispute the efficacy of multimedia technology and the world wide web in promoting declarative knowledge or the acquisition of facts. It is the argument of this paper however that, apart from assisting a learner in “knowing that”, these technologies are underestimated in their capacity to facilitate intellectual skills—procedural knowledge or “knowing how”. Via examples from children employing information handling skills with a CD‐ROM, this paper attempts to illustrate the ways in which new technologies support and enhance a range of skills associated with deep level processing and meaningful learning such as metacognition, problem solving and critical thinking.