Factors influencing skilled use of the computer mouse by school-aged children

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1112-1122

  Lane, Alison E ^a   Ziviani, Jenny M ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human computer interface; Media in education; Navigation; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MOUSE; COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION; COMPUTING SKILLS; EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACES; MEDIA IN EDUCATION; MOTOR CO-ORDINATION; MOTOR LEARNING; PRE-REQUISITES; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY;

NAVIGATION;

EDUCATION;

EID: 77955561125     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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