How k-12 students search for learning?: analysis of an educational search engine log
Author
Usta, Arif
Altıngövde, İsmail Şengör
Vidinli, İ. B.
Özcan, R.
Ulusoy, Özgür
Date
2014-07Source Title
SIGIR 2014 - Proceedings of the 37th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval
Publisher
ACM
Pages
1151 - 1154
Language
English
Type
Conference PaperItem Usage Stats
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Abstract
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.
Keywords
Computer aided instructionInformation retrieval
Search engines
Education domain
Learning environments
Search behavior
Search performance
Shedding light
Students
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http://hdl.handle.net/11693/26908Published Version (Please cite this version)
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