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Evaluating interfaces with children

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Children are very different from adults—they have developing motor skills, limited reach, short attention spans, limited exposure to traditional user interfaces and social protocols. How do we evaluate user interfaces for children? In this paper, we present four evaluative techniques that we have successfully used with children.

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  1. SMART Technologies, 3636 Research Road NW, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Kathryn Rounding, Kimberly Tee, Xiaomin Wu, Cheng Guo & Edward Tse

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Rounding, K., Tee, K., Wu, X. et al. Evaluating interfaces with children. Pers Ubiquit Comput 17, 1663–1666 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-012-0521-6

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