Pedagogic challenges in Information Retrieval – teaching mathematics to Postgraduate Information Science students

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 I outline some pedagogical challenges in teaching mathematics for information retrieval 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. Some ideas are put forward to resolve these issues and to promote discussion.

Contributors

Andrew MacFarlane

Conference

Publication date: January 2007

Publication date (Print): January 2007

Pages: 1-6

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Department of information Science, Northampton Square, LONDON EC1V 0HB

Article

DOI: 10.14236/ewic/TLIR2007.6

Copyright statement: © Andrew MacFarlane et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. First International Workshop on Teaching and Learning of Information Retrieval (TLIR 2007), London, UK

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Conference name: First International Workshop on Teaching and Learning of Information Retrieval (TLIR 2007)

Conference acronym: TLIR

Conference number: 1

Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 10 January 2007

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Teaching and Learning of Information Retrieval

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Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing