“If you don't have it, you can't find it.” A close look at students' perceptions of using technology

Watson, Jinx Stapleton

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(1998)49:11<1024::aid-asi9>3.0.co;2-y

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“…The research findings reported here were gathered in Spring 1998 as part of a larger study into information seeking on the Web by grade-6 students, conducted over the duration of one class project in one term (see Large, Beheshti, & Moukdad, 1999). They are exploratory in nature, and it is relevant to cite the statement made by Watson (1998) about her own study: it "produces no theory or hypothesis because what students say about their experiences . .…”

Section: The Electronic Classroommentioning

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The web as a classroom resource: Reactions from the users

Large

Beheshti

2000

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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This article presents and discusses interviews with 50 grade-6 primary school students about their experience of using the Web to find information for a class project. The children discuss the quantity and quality of textual and image information on the Web versus traditional print sources, and the reasons why they made very little use of any moving images and sound clips on the Web. They also discuss how they searched for information on the Web and the ways in which this differs from looking for information in printed sources. The children overall demonstrate a sophistication both in their appreciation of the Web's strengths and weaknesses as an information source, and in their information retrieval strategies. In their reaction to the Web compared with traditional print sources, they can be categorized as technophiles, traditionalists, or pragmatists. The results from this research study suggest that although the Web can make an important contribution to information retrieval by school students, for the time being, at any rate, a role also remains both for other electronic sources such as CD-ROMs and print materials that are targeted specifically at young users. The Web needs both a more straightforward interface and more information specifically aimed at the young before it can seriously threaten its rivals.

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Section: The Electronic Classroommentioning

confidence: 99%

The web as a classroom resource: Reactions from the users

Large

Beheshti

2000

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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“…Novice searchers with insufficient system knowledge will perform less efficiently because they need more time to perform an action and because they perform incorrect actions (e.g. Hill & Hannafin, 1997;Watson, 1998;Fidel et al, 1999). It is important to note that the skills in itself are not particularly difficult to perform because they also apply to (and, hence, transfer from) operating other Windows programs (cf.…”

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“…Some researchers studied the search performance of students with varying levels of WWW-experience (e.g. Hill & Hannafin, 1997;Watson, 1998;Fidel et al, 1999;Hill, 1999). Their work revealed many idiosyncrasies of web searching and has unmistakably increased understanding of the search process.…”

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Exploring novice users' training needs in searching information on the WWW

Lazonder

2000

Computer Assisted Learning

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Searching for information on the WWW involves locating a website and locating information on that site. A recent study implied that novice users' training needs exclusively relate to locating websites. The present case study tried to reveal the knowledge and skills that constitute these training needs. Fourteen pre‐university students, classified as novice (n = 7) or experienced WWW‐user (n = 7) performed three web search tasks. Their actions and verbalisations were recorded. Between‐group comparisons showed minimal performance differences. However, qualitative analyses of novice users' search performance suggest that their ability to locate websites could be enhanced by instructing monitoring skills and advanced system knowledge.

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“…Children face challenges ranging from selecting and correctly spelling appropriate keywords to coping with synonyms and homonyms when searching for information on the Web (Bilal, 1999(Bilal, , 2000(Bilal, , 2001(Bilal, , 2002aLarge & Beheshti, 2000;Large, Beheshti & Moukdad, 1999;Schachter, Chung & Dorr, 1998;Watson, 1998). Browsing subject taxonomies offers an alternative to keyword searching for children (Large et al, 2006).…”

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A comparison of a conventional taxonomy with a 3D visualization for use by children

Beheshti

Large

Julien

et al. 2010

Proc. Am. Soc. Info. Sci. Tech.

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The paper presents the results of a comparison of two interfaces, one a conventional taxonomy of terms relating to Canadian history, and the other a 3D information visualization of the same terms. Both interfaces were used by volunteer students from grades five and six of an elementary school to locate terms within the taxonomy. The interfaces were evaluated according to whether the task was successfully completed, and if so, how quickly. The students' affective reactions to both interfaces were also collected through a questionnaire. Neither interface performed significantly better than the other in terms of task completion or task time; a majority of students found the conventional interface easier to use but the 3D interface more fun.

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“If you don't have it, you can't find it.” A close look at students' perceptions of using technology

Cited by 68 publications

References 7 publications

The web as a classroom resource: Reactions from the users

The web as a classroom resource: Reactions from the users

Exploring novice users' training needs in searching information on the WWW

A comparison of a conventional taxonomy with a 3D visualization for use by children

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