Using computer data processing in schoolchildren’s cross-cultural collaborative research

This Research to Practice Full Paper aims to illustrate how the introducing of basic computerbased data processing instruments to gifted senior school students may engage them in cross-cultural humanitarian research practice intensively. The authors of the article suggest using a cross-cultural approach to humanitarian research to develop the research competence and computer skills of adolescents. The article contains a detailed description of the case on the use of computer technology for the development of students' research efficiency. Analysis of the project results allows the authors to identify specific deficiencies in the existent Russian school IT-practice and propose a multi-purpose method for their compensation.