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Internet Search Task Evaluation

Please circle a number 1 to 5.  1 being "I most strongly agree with the left-hand statement" and 5 being "I strongly agree with the right-hand statement",  3 being neutral.

The browser software was:
1. complex to learn	1	2	3	4	5	simple to learn

2. difficult to operate	1	2	3	4	5	simple to operate

3. too fast			1	2	3	4	5	too slow

Browsing the Internet was:
4. easy			1	2	3	4	5	complicated

Knowing where to search was:
5. easy			1	2	3	4	5	complicated

Moving around was:  
6. easy			1	2	3	4	5	complicated

Finding goals (rocks and minerals) was:
7. easy			1	2	3	4	5	complicated

Getting information on the Internet was:
8. easy			1	2	3	4	5	complicated

Getting  feedback on success or failure was:
9. easy			1	2	3	4	5	impossible

I was:
10. able to keep 		1	2	3	4	5	unable to keep
track of my goals							track of my goals

11. able to keep 		1	2	3	4	5	unable to keep
track of my								track of my progress								progress

12. able to get the		1	2	3	4	5	unable to get
information I needed						the information I 
									needed

13. able to carry out	1	2	3	4	5	unable to carry
the actions I wanted						out the actions I
									wanted

14. able to get useful	1	2	3	4	5	unable to 
help about operating						get useful help
the search engine							about operating 
									the search engine
The search task:
15. had a clear goal		1	2	3	4	5	did not have a
									clear goal

I had:
16. too little control	1	2	3	4	5	sufficient control over my progress							over my progress

I was:
17. able to develop		1	2	3	4	5	not able to
and implement							develop and
strategies								implement
									strategies

The search task was:
18. too simple 		1	2	3	4	5	too complex

19. too difficult		1	2	3	4	5	too easy

After awhile the search task:
20. lost its challenge	1	2	3	4	5	remained
									challenging

A tutor to help with searching would have been:
21. distracting		1	2	3	4	5	helpful

The tutoring advice that was available was:
22. informative and 	1	2	3	4	5	vague and
useful								useless

The actions I took and strategies I implemented:
23. had the impact		1	2	3	4	5	did not have the
that I anticipated							impact that I 
									had anticipated

The scenario of assisting police with forensic geology felt:
24. superficial/fake	1	2	3	4	5	real/tangible

There was:
25. too little detail in	1	2	3	4	5	too much detail
the search task							in the search task

The search task was:
26. textually			1	2	3	4	5	textually dull
entertaining

There was:
27. enough textual		1	2	3	4	5	too little textual
detail									detail

The in-lab Introduction to Internet Searching session was:
28. entertaining		1	2	3	4	5	dull

29. informative		1	2	3	4	5 	distracting

The plot/story line was:
30. engaging	 	1	2	3	4	5	dull

The search task:
31. remained		1	2	3	4	5	became
surprising								predictable

I:
32. liked the concept	1	2	3	4	5 	disliked the
of the search task							concept of the
									search task

33. learned something 	1	2	3	4	5	did not learn
from the search task						anything from
									the search task

The search task was:
34. fun			1	2	3	4	5 	not fun

I would:
35. consider future		1	2	3	4	5	not consider future
internet searches							internet searches



Short Answer

How much time would you estimate you invested in the search task?











Please list the things you most liked or disliked about the search task.What suggestions would you make?