Smart Blocks: A tangible mathematical manipulative

TEI'07: First International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 183-186

  Girouard, Audrey ^a   Solovey, Erin Treacy ^a   Hirshfield, Leanne M ^a   Ecott, Stacey ^a   Shaer, Orit ^a   Jacob, Robert J K ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Manipulatives; Mathematics; Tangible user interface

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MANIPULATORS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; USER INTERFACES;

DIGITAL INFORMATION; PHYSICAL MANIPULATION; SMART BLOCKS; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; TANGIBLE MATHEMATICAL MANIPULATIVE;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 34748860862     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1226969.1227007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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