Journal article
Impact of guided exploration and enactive exploration on self-regulatory mechanisms and information acquisition through electronic search
Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol.86(6), pp.1129-1141
2001
Abstract
Following instruction in basic skills for electronic search, participants who practiced in a guided exploration mode developed stronger self-efficacy and greater satisfaction than those who practiced in a self-guided exploratory mode. Intrinsic motivation was not affected by exploration mode. On 2 post-training tasks, guided exploration participants produced more effective search strategies. expended less effort, made fewer errors, rejected fewer lines of search, and achieved higher performance. Relative lack of support for self-regulatory factors as mediators of exploration mode impacts was attributed to the uninformative feedback from electronic search, which causes most people to remain at a novice level and to require external guidance for development of self-efficacy and skills. Self-guided learning will be more effective on structured tasks with more informative feedback and for individuals with greater expertise on dynamic tasks
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- Title
- Impact of guided exploration and enactive exploration on self-regulatory mechanisms and information acquisition through electronic search
- Authors/Creators
- S. Debowski (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityR.E. Wood (Author/Creator) - Australian Graduate School of Management.A. Bandura (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol.86(6), pp.1129-1141
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association Inc.
- Identifiers
- 991005545231307891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Commerce
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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