An Interface Strategy for Promoting Reflective Cognition in Children

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 177-178

  Sedighian, Kamran ^a   Klawe, Maria M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

children; education; mathematical computer games; reflective cognition; Representation

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EDUCATION COMPUTING; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES;

CHILD; EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE; INTERFACE DESIGNS; INTERFACE STRATEGIES; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTER GAME; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; REFLECTIVE COGNITION; REPRESENTATION; CHILDREN; INTERFACE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTER GAMES; PROTOTYPE TESTING;

COMPUTER GAMES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0029711549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/257089.257244     Document Type: Conference Paper

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