Database‐searching proficiency and problem‐solving proficiency in a biomedical domain

Autor:	Ruth de Bliek, Dean D. File, Charles P. Friedman, Barbara M. Wildemuth, Robert Twarog
Rok vydání:	1994
Předmět:	Database Computer science ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION General Medicine computer.software_genre Precision and recall Construct (philosophy) computer Education Domain (software engineering)
Zdroj:	Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 6:168-174
ISSN:	1532-8015 1040-1334
DOI:	10.1080/10401339409539670
Popis:	In this article, we examine how proficient medical students are in retrieving information from a database in bacteriology and whether students who were more proficient obtained higher scores on a subsequent posttest. In particular, we examined the computer logs of 26 students who used the INQUIRER database to obtain information relevant to 11 problems assigned during their bacteriology course. The analysis addressed recall and precision as measures of search success, as well as three indices of the more general construct of search proficiency. Student searches were found to be usually successful, as students recalled, on average, about 90% of problem‐relevant information available in the database. Of the three indices of search proficiency, only the “efficiency “ of these students as database searchers was related to their subsequent posttest performance.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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