Adolescents' Internet Search Strategies: Drawing upon Familiar Cognitive Paradigms When Accessing Electronic Information Sources

Guinee, Kathleen; Eagleton, Maya B.; Hall, Tracey E.

doi:10.2190/hd0a-n15l-rtfh-2du8

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“…We are only just beginning to understand the many new reading comprehension skills required on the Internet, and in many instances students do not know how to approach reading in online environments. For example, instead of reading the short descriptions provided in most search-engine results, students are most apt to begin with the first link provided and systematically work their way through the list (Guinee, Eagleton, & Hall, 2003). Not only is this time-consuming, but also it is not an effective strategy for locating relevant information.…”

Section: Reading On the Internetmentioning

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SEARCHing for an Answer: The Critical Role of New Literacies While Reading on the Internet

Henry¹

2006

The Reading Teacher

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It is increasingly clear that the Internet will be the defining technology for reading, writing, and communication in the 21st century. But without the ability to locate information in an efficient and effective manner, students' access to information on the Internet is limited. This article introduces SEARCH, a strategy classroom teachers can use to assist students in becoming better searchers. SEARCH includes setting a purpose, employing effective search strategies, analyzing search engine results, reading critically and synthesizing information, citing sources, and a reflective component in which students ask “How successful was the search?” in order to review the success of the techniques implemented. Additional resources that provide practice in searching for information on the Internet are also presented.

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Section: Reading On the Internetmentioning

confidence: 99%

SEARCHing for an Answer: The Critical Role of New Literacies While Reading on the Internet

Henry¹

2006

The Reading Teacher

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“…Emerging research suggests a taxonomy of skills in 8 investigating search results. Firstly, a random (Guinee, Eagleton, & Hall, 2003) "click and look" (Leu et al, 2007) strategy with minimal reading of search results. Secondly, a limited strategic scrolling of search results (Dwyer, 2010) where each result, in turn, is systemically investigated.…”

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Developing Online Reading Comprehension: Changes, Challenges, and Consequences

Dwyer¹

2013

International Handbook of Research on Children's Literacy, Learning, and Culture

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“…As expected the results of this study showed that professional web searchers are more powerful than their counterparts in locating relevant Web sites to their information needs. Another study by (Guinee et al, 2003) showed how teenagers use the well known cognitive schemas to search the internet. The analysis and discussion of their conducted study revealed that teenagers use three different approaches for locating information on the internet, four different ways to reformulate their unsuccessful queries, and seven methods to formulate their search strings.…”

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Query classification and study of university students' search trends

Maabreh

Al-Kabi

Alsmadi

2012

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Purpose -This study is an attempt to develop an automatic identification method for Arabic web queries and divide them into several query types using data mining. In addition, it seeks to evaluate the impact of the academic environment on using the internet. Design/methodology/approach -The web log files were collected from one of the higher institute's servers over a one-month period. A special program was designed and implemented to extract web search queries from these files and also to automatically classify Arabic queries into three query types (i.e. Navigational, Transactional, and Informational queries) based on predefined specifications for each type. Findings -The results indicate that students are slowly and gradually using the internet for more relevant academic purposes. Tests showed that it is possible to automatically classify Arabic queries based on query terms, with 80.6 per cent to 80.2 per cent accuracy for the two phases of the test respectively. In their future strategies, Jordanian universities should apply methods to encourage university students to use the internet for academic purposes. Web search engines in general and Arabic search engines in particular may benefit from the proposed classification method in order to improve the effectiveness and relevancy of their results in accordance with users' needs. Originality/value -Studying internet web logs has been the subject of many papers. However, the particular domain, and the specific focuses on this research are what can distinguish it from the others.

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Adolescents' Internet Search Strategies: Drawing upon Familiar Cognitive Paradigms When Accessing Electronic Information Sources

Cited by 57 publications

References 5 publications

SEARCHing for an Answer: The Critical Role of New Literacies While Reading on the Internet

SEARCHing for an Answer: The Critical Role of New Literacies While Reading on the Internet

Developing Online Reading Comprehension: Changes, Challenges, and Consequences

Query classification and study of university students' search trends

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