Source evaluation of domain experts and novices during Web search

• Published in: Journal of computer assisted learning Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 234 - 251
• Main Authors: Brand‐Gruwel, S., Kammerer, Y., Meeuwen, L., Gog, T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley-Blackwell 01.06.2017; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Comparative Analysis; Criteria; cued retrospective report; Education; Educational psychology; Evaluation Criteria; Evaluation Methods; Expertise; Eye Movements; Information Sources; Instructional design; Internet; Navigation (Information Systems); Novices; Online Searching; Protocol Analysis; Psychology; Reliability; Reliability analysis; Resistance (Psychology); Searches; Searching; source evaluation; Student Behavior; Student Evaluation; Students; Subject specialists; thinking aloud; Trustworthiness; web search; World Wide Web

Nowadays, almost everyone uses the World Wide Web (WWW) to search for information of any kind. In education, students frequently use the WWW for selecting information to accomplish assignments such as writing an essay or preparing a presentation. The evaluation of sources and information is an impor...