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Table 3 Percent of sequences in each cluster that contained student search, viewing and saving actions of different qualities

From: Combining cognitive theory and data driven approaches to examine students’ search behaviors in simulated digital environments

Student action

Quality

Percent of sequences (%)

Cluster 1

Cluster 2

Cluster 3

Cluster 4

Search results retrieved from search terms

High relevance

87.9

55.6

4.2

20.0

Medium relevance

11.1

24.1

45.8

-

Low relevance

14.1

40.7

-

100

Off topic results

15.2

80.9

-

20.0

Sources accessed from results list (Click to View)

High quality resource

52.5

25.9

-

10.0

Medium quality resource

28.3

38.9

37.5

10.0

Low quality resource

69.7

61.1

14.6

90.0

Sources saved to Evidence Manager (Save to Evidence Manager)

High quality resource

57.6

28.4

4.2

10.0

Medium quality resource

16.2

27.8

35.4

-

Low quality resource

47.5

45.1

10.4

40.0

Saved no resources

10.1

27.8

58.3

50.0

Resource automatically saved by help function

14.1

13.0

4.2

-