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Child's play: a comparison of desktop and physical interactive environments

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Jerry Alan Fails,

Mona Leigh Guha,

Wayne ChuramanAuthors Info & Claims

IDC '05: Proceedings of the 2005 conference on Interaction design and children

Pages 48 - 55

https://doi.org/10.1145/1109540.1109547

Published: 08 June 2005 Publication History

Abstract

The importance of play in young children's lives cannot be minimized. From teddy bears to blocks, children's experiences with the tools of play can impact their social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development. Today, the tools of play include desktop computers and computer-enhanced physical environments. In this paper, we consider the merits of desktop and physical environments for young children (4-6 years old), by comparing the same content-infused game in both contexts. Both quantitative and qualitative methods are used for data collection and analysis.

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