The effect of representation location on interaction in a tangible learning environment

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction, TEI'09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 85-92

  Price, Sara ^a   Falcão, Taciana Pontual ^a   Sheridan, Jennifer G ^a   Roussos, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Learning; Representation; Tangible interface

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; GROUP AWARENESS; INTERACTION EFFECT; LEARNING; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION; PHYSICAL OBJECTS; REPRESENTATION; TABLE-TOP; TANGIBLE INTERFACE; TANGIBLE INTERFACES;

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EID: 70349100300     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1517664.1517689     Document Type: Conference Paper

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