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Children's Use of the Yahooligans! Web Search Engine. III. Cognitive and Physical Behaviors on Fully Self-Generated Search Tasks.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Bilal, Dania – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Presents the third part of a research project that investigated information-seeking behavior and success of seventh-grade science children in using the Yahooligans! Web search engine/directory. Children were more successful on a fully self-generated task than one two fully assigned tasks and were more successful when they browsed than when they…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Factors Influencing Children's and Adults' Information Seeking on the Web: Results of Two Studies.
Bilal, Dania; Kirby, Joe – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2001
Investigates the success and information-seeking behavior of seventh-grade children and graduate students in using the Yahooligans! Web search engine/directory to find the correct answer for a fact-based search task. Analyzes and compares the overall patterns of children's and graduate students' Web traversal behaviors, including searching,…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Grade 7, Graduate Students
Differences and Similarities in Information Seeking: Children and Adults as Web Users.
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Bilal, Dania; Kirby, Joe – Information Processing & Management, 2002
Analyzed and compared the success and information seeking behaviors of seventh grade science students and graduate students in using the Yahooligans! Web search engine. Discusses cognitive, affective, and physical behaviors during a fact-finding task, including searching, browsing, and time to complete the task; navigational styles; and focus on…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Grade 7