Exploring how children use their hands to think: An embodied interactional analysis

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 938-954

  Antle, Alissa N ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

children; cognition; comparative study; complementary actions; embodied interaction; epistemic actions; hands on interaction; problem solving; spatial puzzle solving; tangible user interfaces; user interface

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPLEMENTARY ACTIONS; EMBODIED INTERACTION; EPISTEMIC ACTIONS; HANDS-ON INTERACTION; SPATIAL PUZZLE SOLVING; TANGIBLE USER INTERFACES;

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACE RESEARCH; USER INTERFACES; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84884852220     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2011.630415     Document Type: Article

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