Laddering with young children in user eXperience evaluations: Theoretical groundings and a practical case

Proceedings of IDC2010: The 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 156-165

  Zaman, Bieke ^a   Vanden Abeele, Vero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Associatie KULeuven   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Evaluation methods; Laddering; User eXperience; UX; Young children

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE CAPABILITY; EVALUATION METHOD; IN-LINE; USER EXPERIENCE; YOUNG CHILDREN;

LADDERS;

EID: 77954889067     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1810543.1810561     Document Type: Conference Paper

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