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Eastman, Susan Tyler – 1984
In a study designed to see how students accommodated a new technology, 27 eighth graders used a microcomputer in a middle school science class to access a commercial videotex service containing an electronic encyclopedia as part of an assignment to write a theme. Field observations of computer use and student interviews were used to collect data.…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Information Sources, Intermode Differences