Analysis of children´s Web browsing process: ICT education in elementary schools

Author

Kikuchi, Hidefumi ; Kato, Hiroshi ; Akahori, Kanji

Author_Institution

Dept. of Human Syst. Sci., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Japan

fYear

2002

fDate

3-6 Dec. 2002

Firstpage

253

Abstract

This paper describes an analysis of children´s Web browsing behavior during information communication technology (ICT) classes at an elementary school. Children´s page viewing times for Web pages were specifically analysed. Results revealed that younger children viewed pages for significantly shorter periods of time when compared to older children. Based upon our observations we believe that these differences are attributable to the child´s reading ability. These findings suggest that for younger students teachers should assess a web site´s suitability by taking factors such as the child´s educational stage of development and reading skill into account.

Keywords

Web sites; computer aided instruction; data communication; ICT classes; Web page viewing times; child´s educational development stage; children´s Web browsing process analysis; elementary school; information communication technology; older children; reading ability; reading skill; younger children; Communications technology; Education; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Humans; Information analysis; Internet; Layout; Radio access networks; Web pages;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Education, 2002. Proceedings. International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1509-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIE.2002.1185917

Filename

1185917