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Tangicons: algorithmic reasoning in a collaborative game for children in kindergarten and first class

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Florian Scharf,

Thomas Winkler,

Michael HerczegAuthors Info & Claims

IDC '08: Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Interaction design and children

Pages 242 - 249

https://doi.org/10.1145/1463689.1463762

Published: 11 June 2008 Publication History

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In this paper, we describe the use of Tangicons, nonelectronic physical programming cubes for kindergarten and first grade children. Tangicons have been developed with the help of kindergarten children during various sessions of observing, playing and talking to them. Most tangible computing environments are too complex for young children. We developed an appropriate educational environment on a pedagogical basis resulting in easy to use tangible bricks, integrated in a physical game. Tangicons are haptic programmable bricks for programming a sequence of operations. Their symbol design is related to real world objects. With Tangicons, children are able to learn first steps of programming in a playful way.

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Tangicons: algorithmic reasoning in a collaborative game for children in kindergarten and first class
1. Applied computing
  1. Enterprise computing
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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