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Toddler Techie Touch Generation

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CHI PLAY '18: Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

Pages 127 - 139

https://doi.org/10.1145/3242671.3242693

Published: 23 October 2018 Publication History

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This paper reports on a study of the interaction skills of forty-two children, between the ages of eighteen months to forty-two months, in using touch devices. A majority of the children had used a touch device previously and had prior experience with touch devices. Continuous swiping, discrete touching and directional swiping were found to be the easiest actions to complete. The drag interaction was more difficult but most children could complete the interaction. The pinch, stretch and rotate interactions were most difficult for the children to make successfully. Common errors included unintended movement during interactions, pressing too hard, and lack of precision due in part to the target size. This study expands the domain knowledge about a toddler's ability to interact with touch devices, allowing better creation and selection of interfaces for them to use.

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Ingraham KFeldner HSteele K(2024)Forward first: Joystick interactions of toddlers during digital playPLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.031609719:12(e0316097)Online publication date: 19-Dec-2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316097
Shojaei F(2024)Exploring Traditional and Tech-Based Toddler Education: A Comparative Study and VR Game Design for Enhanced LearningAdvances in Information and Communication10.1007/978-3-031-54053-0_30(448-460)Online publication date: 17-Mar-2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54053-0_30

Index Terms

Toddler Techie Touch Generation
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Empirical studies in HCI
    2. Interaction devices
      1. Touch screens
2. Social and professional topics
  1. User characteristics
    1. Age
      1. Children

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CHI PLAY '18: Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

October 2018

563 pages

ISBN:9781450356244

DOI:10.1145/3242671

General Chairs:
Florian 'Floyd' Mueller
Exertion Games Lab, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
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Daniel Johnson
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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Ben Schouten
Eindhoven University of Technology and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands
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Phoebe O. Toups Dugas
Play & Interactive Experiences for Learning Lab, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
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Peta Wyeth
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

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Ingraham KFeldner HSteele K(2024)Forward first: Joystick interactions of toddlers during digital playPLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.031609719:12(e0316097)Online publication date: 19-Dec-2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316097
Shojaei F(2024)Exploring Traditional and Tech-Based Toddler Education: A Comparative Study and VR Game Design for Enhanced LearningAdvances in Information and Communication10.1007/978-3-031-54053-0_30(448-460)Online publication date: 17-Mar-2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54053-0_30

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