Integrating information to build up a knowledge base: A source-monitoring based model

孩子们从各种各样的来源学习，比如老师、书本、同伴和互联网。拟议研究的主要目的是了解儿童如何将来自这些不同来源的信息组合起来，以及他们是否能够“编辑”掉不可靠的信息（例如，从提供错误信息的网站收集的信息）。我将调查孩子在什么年龄能够成熟地管理来自不同来源的信息，以及在什么情况下。随着儿童接触到越来越多的信息，特别是通过数字媒体接触到的信息，这种“信息管理”技能变得越来越重要。这项研究将提供与年龄相适应的儿童管理能力期望，以及我们如何最好地让儿童掌握管理信息的能力。这些发现可能会转化为基于证据的策略，供教师、教育工作者、医生、高等教育专业人员（包括大学教师）和家长在试图教授和监督良好的信息管理实践（特别是在数字媒体方面）时使用。

Children learn from a variety of sources such as teachers, books, peers, and the internet. The primary objective of the proposed research will be to understand how children can combine information from these different sources and whether they are able to 'edit out' information that is not reliable (e.g., information gleaned from a website that has given incorrect information). I will investigate at what age children are able to maturely manage information from different sources, and under what circumstances. Such 'information management' skills are becoming increasingly important as children are exposed to more and more information, especially through digital media. The research will provide age-appropriate expectations of what sort of management children are capable of and how we can best equip children to manage information. The findings are likely to be translated into evidence-based strategies that can be used by teachers and educators, doctors, higher education professionals (including university faculty), and parents as they try to teach and supervise good information management practices (particularly with respect to digital media).