Abstract

ESPINOZA, Norelkys. Título en Inglés: Requirements for the Dental Scientific Information Selection in the World WideWeb. Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2003, vol.41, n.3, pp.251-257. ISSN 0001-6365.

Abtract This paper describes a research strategy developed as didactic strategy during 2002, in Computación, subject which is part of the curricular unit Introducción a la Investigación, for undergraduate students, Dentistry Faculty, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela. Based on constructivism, one of the strategies for selecting scientific dental information in the World Wide Web was applied. Digital information is selected by using two verifying information techniques: Content Analysis and Epistemological Watching, ordinarily applied for written texts. After word, this information will be used to support a documental research. Moreover, three fundamental concepts of the electronic communication model, actually used for the Web, were studied: The source of the document (sender), the message itself (web page), and the receiver. This experience was developed in two stages. First, a guided consulting strategy for selecting information in the network was applied. Then, students themselves selected the electronic documents that fulfilled the requirements which were studied. Also they added other sites and addresses. In summary, 80 per cent of the participants developed their competence for selecting dental scientific information in the World Wide Web.

Keywords : Electronical information sources; Requeriments for information selection,; Content analysis, Epistemological watching..