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ERIC Number: EJ606761
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8231
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Children's Use of the Yahooligans! Web Search Engine: I. Cognitive, Physical, and Affective Behaviors on Fact-based Search Tasks.
Bilal, Dania
Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v51 n7 p646-65 May 2000
Reports on a research project that investigated seventh grade science students' cognitive, affective, and physical behaviors as they used the Yahooligans! search engine to find information on a specific search task. Describes measurement techniques that included software, interviews, and questionnaires, and discusses implications for user training and system design. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Grade 7, Information Retrieval, Interviews, Measures (Individuals), Middle Schools, Prior Learning, Science Instruction, Search Strategies, Task Analysis, World Wide Web
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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