Constructive interaction: An analysis of verbal interaction in a usability setting

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 311-324

  Van Den Haak, Maaike J ^a   De Jong, Menno D T ^b   Schellens, Peter Jan ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Constructive interaction; Paired user testing; Think aloud protocols; Usability testing

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; VIDEO RECORDING;

CONSTRUCTIVE INTERACTION; PAIRED-USER TESTING; THINK-ALOUD PROTOCOLS; USABILITY TESTING;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 33947181623     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2006.885865     Document Type: Article

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