| The study aims to understand the ability of information problem solving (IPS) and the effectiveness of IPS curriculum. By integrating Big6 model and problem space concept in cognitive psychology, this study employed both quantitative and qualitative approach to answer three research questions: (1) What are the IPS skills of pre-service teachers before implementing the IPS curriculum? (2) What are the effects of IPS curriculum? (3) What are the difficulties of pre-service teachers in solving information problem?;29 pre-service teachers participated in this research. All of them required to work on questionnaire, test and information task before and after curriculum implementation. In order to understand the difficulties in solving information problem, four of them participated in in-depth interview.;Result revealed that the curriculum demonstrated significant improvement in the ability of information problem solving. Before the curriculum implementation, they had poor performance in intermediate state and goal state. After the curriculum implementation, they had ability to define the problem, list information source, use basic keywords, employ evaluation criteria and manage information by using web tools. However, there are several ways to improve. For example, to understand the requirements of problem, to understand the contribution of information sources, to use different type of keywords and advanced search statements, to understand the contribution of web evaluation and to understand how to organize information. The reasons of difficulties in solving information problem have been addressed. It includes the complexity in information problem solving skills, the attitudes and confidence of handling problem, the limitation of web resources and the arrangement of the curriculum. |
