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Children's web search with Google: the effectiveness of natural language queries

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Yvonne Kammerer,

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IDC '12: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Pages 184 - 187

https://doi.org/10.1145/2307096.2307121

Published: 12 June 2012 Publication History

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In this paper, we present work in progress on how elementary school children use modern search engines to solve informational search tasks. Specifically, in a laboratory study with 21 children aged 8-10 we investigated whether the use of natural-language queries leads to more successful search outcomes than keyword queries when searching the Internet with Google. Both quantitative and qualitative data are reported that indicate the advantages of natural-language queries. Along, based on our observations we present a query-reformulation tool for a search engine interface for children that we are currently developing.

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Children's web search with Google: the effectiveness of natural language queries
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Touch screens
    2. Interaction paradigms
      1. Graphical user interfaces
      2. Natural language interfaces
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. User centered design
2. Information systems
  1. Information retrieval

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IDC '12: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

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DOI:10.1145/2307096

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