Young children's ability to use a computer mouse

Computers and Education

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 602-617

  Donker, Afke ^a   Reitsma, Pieter ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elementary education; Human computer interaction; Interface; Media in education; Navigation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; ERROR CORRECTION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); LEARNING SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL DATA; MEDIA IN EDUCATION;

MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS);

EID: 33751426893     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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