In "The Generation Z Connection" (Teacher Librarian, 2006), Geck discusses how the technology confidence of the newest college generation usually leads to overconfidence in their academic searching abilities. This means that the students are often satisfied doing a Google or Yahoo search with a single set of terms.
Often, students are willing to settle for whatever they come across in these searches. Librarians -- and other faculty -- are not impressed.
However, all of this confidence isn't without its merits. Harrell and Decker (2007) have found that confidence in one's skills is more important than age or gender when it comes to success in information literacy courses.
So even if that confidence isn't founded in fact, it's a good foundation.
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Confidence is never a bad thing... Overconfidence is a personality flaw because you start to perceive you don't need to learn or know anything else. That is the main reason I believe in lifelong learning...
Overconfidence is a bad thing when it leads to arrogance. If it means that students are willing to learn and unintimidated by the format, I'm all for it. When that overconfidence means they don't want to learn? Big problem.
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