Possible COM 101 Article

Intro—Problem statement

*Given #1: Tons of Information

*Given #2: Tons of tools

*Given #3: Experts search using knowledge base, novice searchers have no knowledge base from which to draw.

Need: Instructors need to better understand the links between the ways that students understand knowledge and their skills as researchers. How does their understanding of the nature of knowledge change over the semester?

Description of COM 101 and research project. (all course meetings and incorporation of library into these meetings)

Lit review of Epestimology reserach and survey instrument.

Methodology

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Discussion