It Is Best to Point for Young Children: A Comparison of Children's Pointing and Dragging

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 513-529

  Joiner, Richard ^a   Messer, D ^b   Light, P ^c   Littleton, K ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Dragging; Mouse; Pointing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS);

MOUSE CONTROL STRATEGY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 0032131196     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0747-5632(98)00021-1     Document Type: Article

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