Drag-and-drop errors in young children's use of the mouse

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 257-266

  Donker, Afke ^a   Reitsma, Pieter ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Computer mouse; Human computer interaction; Input device; Media in education; Navigation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ERRORS; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); MOTION PLANNING; PRODUCT DESIGN; STUDENTS;

CHILDREN; EDUCATION MEDIA; INPUT DEVICES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 33846647523     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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