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Download full textSchacter, John; And Others – 1997
This feasibility study explored the automated data collection, scoring, and reporting of children's complex problem-solving processes and performance in Web-based information-rich environments. Problem solving was studied using realistic problems in realistic contexts demanding multiple cognitive processes in the domain of environmental science.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Mapping, Data Collection
Peer reviewedSchacter, 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
