Teaching mathematics for search using a tutorial style of delivery |
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| Authors: | Andrew MacFarlane |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Information Science, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB, England, UK |
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| Abstract: | Understanding of mathematics is needed to underpin the process of search, either explicitly with Exact Match (Boolean logic,
adjacency) or implicitly with Best match natural language search. In this paper we outline some pedagogical challenges in
teaching mathematics for information retrieval (IR) to postgraduate information science students. The aim is to take these
challenges either found by experience or in the literature, to identify both theoretical and practical ideas in order to improve
the delivery of the material and positively affect the learning of the target audience by using a tutorial style of teaching.
Results show that there is evidence to support the notion that a more pro-active style of teaching using tutorials yield benefits
both in terms of assessment results and student satisfaction.
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| Keywords: | Information retrieval Information science Teaching Boolean logic |
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