Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Practice Strategies of Preschool Children's Information Search Abilities from a Cognitive Developmental Perspective
This paper selects 20 pieces of literature and applying the evidence-based library information practice(EBLIP)method for evidence rating and integration,explores the information search ability and cognitive mechanisms of preschool children using a systematic review method.The research finds that preschool children have clear information needs and is able to transform these needs into questions;attention and memory significantly impact their searching behaviors;preschoolers have a preliminary understanding and categorization of concepts and can interact with information retrieval systems.Based on this,suggestions are proposed for the development of an information search system:organizing information in a way that children can understand,providing audiovisual cues as hints during information searches and simplifying the search process to match preschool children's memory capacities;using concrete methods to display the logic of information search,setting up a 3-4 layers classification hierarchical system,and providing browsing-search options;offering reference for retrieval modification and ensuring the compatible with children's misspellings and natural language search.
Evidence-Based library information practiceEBLIPPreschool childrenInformation searchCognitive developmentSystematic review