Measuring spontaneous and instructed evaluation processes during Web search: Integrating concurrent thinking-aloud protocols and eye-tracking data

Sourcing in the reading process: introduction to the special issue

“…After reading, the students were more inclined to express agreement with the credible source and disagreement with the less credible source in a written communication task. However, it should be noted that readers' engagement in sourcing for the purpose of evaluation appears to depend on a variety of conductive conditions, such as receiving explicit instruction or prompts (Gerjets, Kammerer, & Werner, 2011;Stadtler & Bromme, 2007;Stadtler, Paul, Globoschütz, & Bromme, 2015), subscribing to the belief that knowledge should be evaluated through logic and rules (Strømsø, Bråten, & Britt, 2011), or possessing disciplinary expertise (Rouet, Favart, Britt, & Perfetti, 1997;Wineburg, 1991) or relevant prior knowledge (Bråten et al, 2011b).…”

Retrospective protocols in usability testing: a comparison of Post-session RTA versus Post-task RTA reports

“…Other researchers have used eye tracking to explore differences in users' attention resources during task performance with different variants of the concurrent think-aloud (e.g. Hertzum, Hansen, and Andersen 2009;Gerjets, Kammerer, and Werner 2011). At the time of testing, we were unable to record eye tracking data which may have helped us to clarify the differences between the two conditions; however, such an investigation is now underway in our laboratory.…”

“…Although not available to us at the time, eye movement data have been found to be particularly helpful in this respect (see e.g. Hertzum, Hansen, and Andersen 2009;Gerjets, Kammerer, and Werner 2011).…”

Threatened individuals prefer positive information during Internet search: An experimental laboratory study

“…Yet, individuals often do not perceive Internet search as such a process. Although they believe in their searching abilities and the accuracy of information provided online (Brand-Gruwel et al, 2009;Fallows, 2008;Purcell et al, 2012;Ward, 2013), individuals nevertheless often fail to identify correct or incorrect information because they mostly attend to surface cues (e.g., select the first links of a SERP; Gerjets, Kammerer, & Werner, 2011;Kammerer & Gerjets, 2012Rouet et al, 2011;Walraven, Brand-Gruwel, & Boshuizen, 2013). As individuals already struggle with finding valid information when they are supposedly motivated to find accurate information, affective and motivational states accompanying Internet search should affect successful Internet searches even more.…”