Thinking style impacts on Web search strategies

Evaluation of Search Engines: A Conceptual Model and Research Issues

“…Human factors such as users' experience, cognitive skills or perceptions related to search performances contribute to the online search behavior (Kao et al, 2008;Liaw & Huang, 2006). The emotions experienced www.ccsenet.org/ijbm…”

Effect of metacognitive strategies and verbal-imagery cognitive style on biology-based video search and learning performance

“…Regarding differences in search behaviors and performance, researchers have looked at individual factors, such as personal experiences (e.g., background, gender, Internet experience, and familiarity), personal cognition (e.g., domain knowledge, reading skill, spatial ability, problem-solving ability, metacognition, and understanding of the search task), personal approaches (e.g., study approaches, perceptions of and preferred approaches to web-based information seeking, thinking style, and cognitive style), environmental factors (e.g., search engines and metadata), and task types (e.g., locating web sites versus locating information, closed-ended versus open-ended) (Albertson, 2010b;Allen, 1998Allen, , 2000Bilal & Kirby, 2002;Brand-Gruwel, Wopereis & Vermetten, 2005;Chiu, 2006;Choi, 2010;Ford, Miller, & Moss, 2005;Hsieh-Yee, 2001;Kao, Lei & Sun, 2008;Kim, 2008;Kim & Allen, 2002;Lei, Kao, Lin & Sun, 2009;Lei, Lin and Sun, 2013;Park & Black, 2007;Rouet, 2003;Sun, Ye, Hsieh, 2014;Zhou, 2014). These studies demonstrate that despite constant advancement in the platform and index of search engines, the individual differences between users still play a crucial role in determining the success of a search.…”

“…Some of the steps require repetitive execution and sometimes require continuous trial-and-error until confirmation of the search results (Brand-Gruwel, Wopereis & Vermetten, 2005). Individuals may adopt different methods and sequences in seeking information on the same subjects because of the differentiation of individual characteristics and the degree of development of one's cognitive abilities (Albertson, 2010b;Bilal and Kirby, 2002;Bronstein, 2014;Ford, Miller, & Moss, 2005;Ford, Eaglestone, Madden, & Whittle, 2009;Hsieh-Yee, 2001;Kao, Lei & Sun, 2008;Kim, 2008;Kim & Allen, 2002;Laxman, 2010;Lei, Kao, Lin & Sun, 2009;Park & Black, 2007;Rouet, 2003;Sun, Ye, Hsieh, 2014;Zhou, 2014). For example, reading multiple pages of search results in detail versus skimming one page of results before trying a new keyword, following multiple links versus stopping after the first webpage, and utilizing one versus multiple search engines.…”

The Real Picture of Professional Multidimensionality

“…Objects of the shown world and direct abstractions (abstractions of the first level) evolving from their comprehension act as the ontologic basis of linear thinking (Yang, 2004). Multidimensional thinking represents more difficult thinking in which there are more dimensions than in a linear one, at least one unit more (Kao, 2008). Additional dimension is used for a sense making, i.e.…”