Gender differences in patterns of searching the Web

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 335-348

  Roy, Marguerite ^a   Chi, Michelene T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 1842814998     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/7BR8-VXA0-07A7-8AVN     Document Type: Article

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