Children's roles using keyword search interfaces at home

Children want to find information about their world, but there are barriers to finding what they seek. Young people have varying abilities to formulate complex queries and comprehend search results. Challenges in understanding where to type, confusion about what tools are available, and frustration with how to parse the results page all have led to a lack of perceived search success for children 7-11 years old. In this paper, we describe seven search roles children display as information seekers using Internet keyword interfaces, based on a home study of 83 children ages 7, 9,

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Allison Druin, Elizabeth Foss, Hilary Hutchinson, Evan Golub, Leshell Hatley
• Keywords: CHI 2010, Complex Queries, Human Computer Interaction, Search Roles Children, Young People