Aiming and clicking in young children's use of the computer mouse

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2863-2874

  Donker, Afke ^a   Reitsma, Pieter ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; INPUT DEVICE; MEDIA IN EDUCATION;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 34249940285     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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