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ERIC Number: EJ581063
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-1277
Finding Information on the World Wide Web: Exploring Older Adults' Exploration.
Kubeck, Jean E.; Miller-Albrecht, Sally A.; Murphy, Martin D.
Educational Gerontology, v25 n2 p167-83 Mar 1999
After training, 29 older and 30 younger adults conducted Web searches to answer two questions. Older adults were somewhat less efficient on the first and slightly less likely to find the right answer to the second. Few age differences in computer attitudes were found. (SK)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Information Seeking, Older Adults, World Wide Web, Young Adults
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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