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Schacter, John; Chung, Gregory K. W. K.; Dorr, Aimee – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1998
This study examined the effects of task structure on fifth- and sixth-grade students' information seeking on the Internet. Results indicated that children prefer browsing to analytic-based searching. They have difficulty finding relevant information on the Internet; however, they searched more effectively on the ill-defined task than on the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6, Information Seeking
Chung, Gregory K. W. K.; Herl, Howard E.; Klein, Davina C. D.; O'Neil, Harold F., Jr.; Schacter, John – 1997
This report examines issues in the scale-up of assessment software from the Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST). "Scale-up" is used in a metaphorical sense, meaning adding new assessment tools to CRESST's assessment software. During the past several years, CRESST has been developing and evaluating a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Concept Mapping, Educational Assessment