Andrew Cyrus Smith
ABSTRACT
Good visual perception skills are important in the effective manipulation of Tangible User Interfaces. This paper reports on the application of a test set we have developed specifically to quantify the visual perception skills of children when matching a physical object to its flat representation on paper. A pilot evaluation, with two groups of children from differing socio-economic backgrounds, was conducted to quantify their ability to make the mental transformation from tangible objects to the drawings that represent those objects. Our test instrument is described. We found a marked difference between the two groups in their ability to make the transformation.
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- Smith, A. C., Foko, T., van Deventer, A., Quantifying the Visual Perception Skills of Pre-school Testees Using a Novel Tangible Electronic Test Instrument. CSIR Biennial Conference (Pretoria, November 2008).Google Scholar
- Smith, A. C., Handcrafted Physical Syntax Elements for Illetterate Children: Initial Concepts, Proceedings of IDC '08 (Chicago, June 2008), ACM Press. Google ScholarDigital Library
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