Students' Web Search Strategies With Different Task Types: An Eye-Tracking Study

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2015-01-01

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ŞENDURUR, EMİNE
Yıldırım, Zahide

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Common search engines may not be practical for students while searching their homework, no matter how easy or how hard the searched content. The purpose of this study is to investigate the whole search processes of seventh graders. 11 participants were assigned to three tasks that varied in difficulty. The findings demonstrated that search patterns can change according to types of tasks. Especially the number of page visits and correct hits, the way keywords used, and task completion success differed across task type. Although the statistical analysis did not generate significant relationships, qualitative analysis demonstrated that time spent, scan type, number of keywords, and reading styles differed for all tasks.

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Portals, Information-seeking, Metacognitive skills

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/43287

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION

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https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2014.959105

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Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology, Article

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E. ŞENDURUR and Z. Yıldırım, “Students’ Web Search Strategies With Different Task Types: An Eye-Tracking Study,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION, pp. 101–111, 2015, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/43287.