How K-12 students search for learning? Analysis of an educational search engine log
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Date Issued
2014Journal Title
SIGIR 2014 - Proceedings of the 37th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery
Language
English
Type
Conference Paper
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http://hdl.handle.net/11693/26908Abstract
In this study, we analyze an educational search engine log for shedding light on K-12 students' search behavior in a learning environment. We specially focus on query, session, user and click characteristics and compare the trends to the findings in the literature for general web search engines. Our analysis helps understanding how students search with the purpose of learning in an educational vertical, and reveals new directions to improve the search performance in the education domain. Copyright 2014 ACM.
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