Title
Domain-independent Search Expertise: A Description of Procedural Knowledge Gained During Guided Instruction
Publication Title
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
Publication Date
7-2015
Document Type
Article
DOI
10.1002/asi.23272
Disciplines
Information Literacy | Library and Information Science | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Abstract
This longitudinal study examined the search behavior of 10 students as they completed assigned exercises for an online professional course in expert searching. The research objective was to identify, describe, and hypothesize about features of the behavior that are indicative of procedural knowledge gained during guided instruction. Log-data of search interaction were coded using a conceptual framework focused on components of search practice hypothesized to organize an expert searcher's attention during search. The coded data were analyzed using a measure of pointwise mutual information and state-transition analysis. Results of the study provide important insight for future investigation of domain-independent search expertise and for the design of systems that assist searchers in gaining expertise.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Catherine L. (2015). Domain-independent Search Expertise: A Description of Procedural Knowledge Gained During Guided Instruction. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 66(7), 1388-1405. doi: 10.1002/asi.23272 Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.kent.edu/slispubs/109