How k-12 students search for learning?: analysis of an educational search engine log

Usta, ArifAltıngövde, İsmail ŞengörVidinli, İ. B.Özcan, R.Ulusoy, Özgür2016-02-082016-02-082014-07http://hdl.handle.net/11693/26908Date of Conference: 06 - 11 July, 2014Conference name: SIGIR '14 Proceedings of the 37th international ACM SIGIR conference on Research & development in information retrievalIn 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.EnglishComputer aided instructionInformation retrievalSearch enginesEducation domainLearning environmentsSearch behaviorSearch performanceShedding lightStudentsHow k-12 students search for learning?: analysis of an educational search engine logConference Paper10.1145/2600428.2609532