How do children reformulate their search queries?
Rutter, S.; Ford, N.; Clough, P. · White Rose Research Online
Introduction. This paper investigates techniques used by children in year 4 (age eight to nine) of a UK primary school to reformulate their queries, and how they use information retrieval systems to support query reformulation. Method. An in-depth study analysing the interactions of twelve children carrying out search tasks in a primary school lesson; inc…