Getting the big picture: supporting comprehension and learning in search
Luanne Freund, Heather O’Brien, Rick Kopak · 2014
position paper contributes to the development of a research agenda on searching as an informal learning process by applying an established theory of comprehension and learning to the problem of web search. We present a conceptual framework for searching as learning based upon Kintsch's (10) Con struction- Integration Model of text comprehension. Drawing upon this model, we identify and provide a rationale for a nu mber of user and content factors that are likely to be associate d with learning while searching: prior knowledge, motivation, knowledge actualization and text coherence. Some implication s for the design of web search systems are described.