How students experience search results
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Research findings about the obstacles students face in the research process and some possible interventions to help them overcome those obstacles. Presented at Computers in Libraries 2016 with Christi Showman Farrar.
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How students experience search results
- 2. 2 cfarrar@ebsco.com @librarychristi https://www.linkedin.com /in/christishowmanfarrar Christi Showman Farrar Director, Schools & Public Libraries
- 4. 4 EBSCO’s User Research Team And our work with Students Secondary Research Video Diary Study Contextual Inquiry & Interviews Participatory Design Activity
- 5. Our Biggest Learning: Motivation External Social Support Mentorship Finding Their Subject Internal
- 9. Top, relevant results first. I Trust It. I Get It.
- 10. Top, relevant results first. I Trust It. I’m The Judge.I Get It.
- 11. 11 Returns Results Students Understand TRUST TOPIC PRESEARCH Building Foundational Knowledge About Topic Broad Topic = More Information, Right?
- 12. Top, relevant results first. My Search + “Secondary Buzzwords”
- 13. 13 Returns Results Students Understand TRUST TOPIC PRESEARCH PIVOT NEXT STEPS Building Foundational Knowledge About Topic Broad Topic = More Information, Right? Same Keywords Will Work, Right? This Is Where Students Are Looking For Help.
- 16. 16 Animals Birds
- 18. 18 How tall is an Emperor Penguin?tall Emperor Penguin
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- 30. 30 What Can We Do? Teacher and Librarian Together Allow for Exploration Skills and Drills Make it Motivating
- 31. Lorem ipsum dolor sit at, consectetur. Protected
- 32. 32 Practice Makes (Almost) Perfect Develop Keywords Search & Refine Check Accuracy
- 34. 34 Product Background Deep Dive Build Plan Synthesize ResearchOutlinePre-Search Re-Think the Research Path
- 35. 35 Please be in touch. @deirdre_lyon @librarychristi dcostello@ebsco.com cfarrar@ebsco.com
Editor's Notes
- Differences between browsing and searching. Students struggle with browsing
- Help students understand how to refine specificity. Practice with known hierarchies, practice with online tools, practice verbally.
- Reference commonsensemedia.org lesson “key to keywords” – “Fetch!” activities, try searching using one keyword, two keywords, three keywords. Descriptive, accurate, precise.
- Students won’t persist to get beyond these obstacles without motivation
- Librarian IN the classroom 1-2x before library visit. Teacher engaged during library visit. Be on the same page.
- Examples: Smithsonian Quest, FitBit,
- Students often have the research and outline stages flipped. They need YOUR help switching them back so that the research stage doesn’t include so many obstacles. Presearch is like the Guided Inquiry Open, Immerse, and Explore stages…understanding background info.