A modelling tool to support children making their ideas work

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 218-225

  Katterfeldt, Eva Sophie ^a   Schelhowe, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTION PROCESS; DIAGRAMMATIC REPRESENTATIONS; FORMAL PROGRAMS; LEARNING APPROACH; MODELLING TOOLS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SMART TEXTILES; SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS;

ABSTRACTING; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS; TEXTILE PROCESSING;

FORMAL LOGIC;

EID: 70450228794     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1463689.1463759     Document Type: Conference Paper

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