Results of the pilot pedagogical experiment on the formation of information behavior of university students

Introduction. Interest in students' information behavior is determined by the high relevance of research on the interaction of people with information in modern society and the importance of students as an intellectual resource of the country. The article presents the results of a pilot pedagogical experiment, the purpose of which was to study the influence of pedagogical tools on students' information behavior in the process of searching for scientific literature. Materials and methods. The experiment was conducted at the Ryazan State University named after S.A. Yesenin in 2024; 26 students of the "Human Resources Management" program, secondyear bachelor's degree students, took part in the experiment. The hypothesis about the influence of habitualization on the formation of effective skills in searching for scientific literature was tested. Along with the experiment, methods of description, systematization, analysis and generalization were used. To habitualize information search practices, a set of practical tasks with clearly defined requirements for search results was developed. Results. The data obtained were assessed according to the criteria of search accuracy and quality of list design. The criteria were operationalized into 6 indicators reflecting in points the observance of the chronological framework of the search and quantitative requirements for its results; compliance with the topic, specified types of scientific works and requirements for the design of the bibliographic list. Discussion and conclusions. Comparison of the data obtained at the diagnostic and final stages of the experiment showed that the applied pedagogical tools ensured sustainable progress and a significant improvement in quality: the efficiency of search skills increased by 27.2 %, for individual indicators the percentage of deviations decreased several times. It was found that the students develop knowledge of the types of scientific literature most slowly. It can be argued that the use of habitualization has a positive effect on the formation of students' skills in information search for scientific literature and, in general, it can be concluded that the targeted use of pedagogical tools contributes to the successful formation of effective information behavior of students.