Measuring children's search behaviour on a large scale

Emiel Hollander; Theo W.C. Huibers; Hanna Jochmann-Mannak; P.E. van der Vet

Measuring children's search behaviour on a large scale

Emiel Hollander, Theo W.C. Huibers, Hanna Jochmann-Mannak, P.E. van der Vet

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Abstract

Children often experience problems during information-seeking using traditional search interfaces and search technologies, that are designed for adults. This is because children engage with the world in fundamentally different ways than adults. To design search technologies that support children in effective and enjoyable information-seeking, more research is needed to examine children’s specific skills and needs concerning information-seeking. Therefore, we developed an application that can monitor children’s search behaviour on a large scale. In this paper, we present the steps taken to develop this application. The basis of the application is UsaProxy, an existing system that is used to monitor the user’s usage of websites. We have increased the accuracy of UsaProxy and have developed an application that is able to extract useful information from UsaProxy’s log files.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	10th Dutch-Belgian Information Retrieval Workshop
Place of Publication	Nijmegen
Publisher	Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Pages	71-77
Number of pages	71
ISBN (Print)	not assigned
Publication status	Published - 25 Jan 2010
Event	10th Dutch-Belgian Information Retrieval Workshop, DIR 2010 - Nijmegen, Netherlands Duration: 25 Jan 2010 → 25 Jan 2010 Conference number: 10

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Name
Publisher	Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

Conference

Conference	10th Dutch-Belgian Information Retrieval Workshop, DIR 2010
Abbreviated title	DIR
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Nijmegen
Period	25/01/10 → 25/01/10

Keywords

METIS-276069
IR-72472
EWI-18224
data logging
EC Grant Agreement nr.: FP7/231507
Children's search behaviour

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http://www.ru.nl/ds/ifl/dir_2010/proceedings/

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Hollander, E, Huibers, TWC, Jochmann-Mannak, H & van der Vet, PE 2010, Measuring children's search behaviour on a large scale. in 10th Dutch-Belgian Information Retrieval Workshop. Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Nijmegen, pp. 71-77, 10th Dutch-Belgian Information Retrieval Workshop, DIR 2010, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 25/01/10. <http://www.ru.nl/ds/ifl/dir_2010/proceedings/>

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