Features Of Information Retrieval Activity Of Orphanage Pupils

Abstract

The article is dedicated to a comparative analysis of the characteristics of information search activity on the Internet for students living in the government run orphanages based on the results of surveys conducted in 2013 and 2018, which were attended by 68 students enrolled in the basic general education program and 62 students enrolled in the adapted basic educational program, at the age of 14-17. Comparison was made by frequency in use of the Internet and contents of the most popular information enquiries. We found out that the frequency in use of the Internet by students enrolled in the basic general educational program has not changed significantly. However, according to 2018 data, proportion of requests related to the preparation for schoolwork assignments has increased significantly. The frequency of using the opportunities provided by the Internet by students enrolled into the adapted basic general education program, according to the data of 2018, is significantly higher compared to the data of 2013. At the same time, the structure of information enquiries in this group of students has not changed. The authors revealed the differences in the use of the Internet by students enrolled in various general educational programs (the basic general and the adapted basic). The paper shows that only students enrolled in adapted basic educational program showed that the frequency in use of the Internet, self-assessment of the ability to find the required information and self-assessment of personal independence were connected at a statistically significant level.