Evaluation of preschool children's fantasy play in the tabletop environment

This paper presents the experience and findings of a user study investigating preschool children's fantasy play. Ten same-sex dyads of children (aged 3 and 4) were observed playing with the physical farm toys and the virtual farm set implementation on a Mitsubishi DT multi-touch inter...

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Main Author: Mansor, Evi Indriasari
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: ACM
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39266/
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description This paper presents the experience and findings of a user study investigating preschool children's fantasy play. Ten same-sex dyads of children (aged 3 and 4) were observed playing with the physical farm toys and the virtual farm set implementation on a Mitsubishi DT multi-touch interactive tabletop. Both qualitative and quantitative data were performed for data collection. Findings showed that high evidence of fantasy play bouts performed by the participants during the physical and the virtual Session 2. This paper also reports the similarities and differences between physical and virtual play environments.
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spelling upm-392662015-07-13T01:48:47Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39266/ Evaluation of preschool children's fantasy play in the tabletop environment Mansor, Evi Indriasari This paper presents the experience and findings of a user study investigating preschool children's fantasy play. Ten same-sex dyads of children (aged 3 and 4) were observed playing with the physical farm toys and the virtual farm set implementation on a Mitsubishi DT multi-touch interactive tabletop. Both qualitative and quantitative data were performed for data collection. Findings showed that high evidence of fantasy play bouts performed by the participants during the physical and the virtual Session 2. This paper also reports the similarities and differences between physical and virtual play environments. ACM Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed Mansor, Evi Indriasari Evaluation of preschool children's fantasy play in the tabletop environment. In: 24th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (OzCHI '12), 26-30 Nov 2012, Melbourne, Australia. (pp. 361-370). 10.1145/2414536.2414595
spellingShingle Mansor, Evi Indriasari
Evaluation of preschool children's fantasy play in the tabletop environment
title Evaluation of preschool children's fantasy play in the tabletop environment
title_full Evaluation of preschool children's fantasy play in the tabletop environment
title_fullStr Evaluation of preschool children's fantasy play in the tabletop environment
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of preschool children's fantasy play in the tabletop environment
title_short Evaluation of preschool children's fantasy play in the tabletop environment
title_sort evaluation of preschool children's fantasy play in the tabletop environment
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39266/
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