Comparing the use of tangible and graphical programming languages for informal science education

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 975-984

  Horn, Michael S ^a   Solovey, Erin T ^a   Crouser, R Jordan ^a   Jacob, Robert J K ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Education; Informal science education; Museums; Programming languages; Tangible user interfaces; Tern

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS; GRAPHICAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; INFORMAL SCIENCE EDUCATION; INTERACTION TECHNIQUES; TANGIBLE INTERACTION; TANGIBLE USER INTERFACES; TERN;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MUSEUMS; USER INTERFACES;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84892466764     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1518701.1518851     Document Type: Conference Paper

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