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Large, Andrew; Beheshti, Jamshid; Rahman, Tarjin – Information Processing & Management, 2002
Reports the results of an empirical study into gender differences in collaborative Web searching, conducted in a Canadian school. Searches undertaken by same-sex groups of two or three sixth-grade students. Analysis of search sessions reveals the boys formulated queries comprising fewer keywords than the girls; boys spent less time on individual…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Elementary Education, Females, Foreign Countries