The role of information competencies and skills in learning to abstract
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10481/21606Metadatos
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Abstracting Skills Informational competencies
Fecha
2008Referencia bibliográfica
Pinto, M. ; Fernández-Ramos, A. ; Doucet, A.-V. The role of information competencies and skills in learning to abstract. En: Journal of Information Science. 2008, vol. 34, n.6, pp. 799-815. [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/21606]
Resumen
The ability to abstract information is a basic competency in today’s knowledge society, characterised by the mass diffusion of information and the need to manage and access it effectively. Yet abstracting is not an easy task, and requires a specific learning process. This paper examines the process of abstracting information from the perspective of competencies and skills based learning. The competencies and skills necessary in this process are identified by analysing in detail the various stages and processes involved in writing an abstract. The general skills required for the whole process, as well as the specific skills for each stage, are determined. Guidelines and recommendations are put forward to facilitate the learning of these skills in the context of abstracting.