Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Br J Dev Psychol. 2024 Sep;42(3):334-347. doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12487. Epub 2024 Apr 18.
Children frequently use Google to answer their questions, yet what they think about Google's capacity and limitations is unclear. This study explores children's beliefs about Google's capacity to answer questions. American children ages 9 and 10 (n = 44; 18 boys and 26 girls) viewed factual questions directed towards Google or a person. After viewing each question, they reported their confidence in the informant's accuracy, the time it would take the informant to obtain the answer and how the informant would obtain the answer. Finally, they generated questions that the internet would be capable or incapable of answering. Children believed Google would be more accurate and faster than a person at answering questions. Children consistently generated appropriate questions that the internet would be good at answering, but they sometimes struggled to generate questions that the internet would not be good at answering. Implications for children's learning are discussed.
儿童经常使用谷歌来回答问题，但他们对谷歌的能力和局限性的看法并不清楚。本研究探讨了儿童对谷歌回答问题能力的看法。来自美国的 9 岁和 10 岁儿童（n=44；18 名男孩和 26 名女孩）观看了针对谷歌或人的事实问题。在观看每个问题后，他们报告了对信息提供者准确性的信心、信息提供者获取答案所需的时间以及信息提供者将如何获取答案。最后，他们生成了一些问题，这些问题是互联网能够或不能回答的。孩子们认为谷歌在回答问题方面比人更准确、更快。孩子们一致认为互联网擅长回答适当的问题，但有时他们难以生成互联网不擅长回答的问题。讨论了这些发现对儿童学习的影响。
