Differences among experts, novices and trainees writing a report

Abstract

Experts approach problems in a manner different from that of novices. We had the opportunity of comparing three groups of students with different levels of expertise in a classical information literacy assignment: writing a report on current research and findings on some computing related areas. Each group was at a different level of their experience building life. We asked our students to write a report on some cutting edge development related with computer technology. As we compared their work, we found that previous exposure of our novices group to writing abilities forced us to change a general assessment criterion by more specific ones.