Ef. Strommen et al., SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE - 3-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN AND POINTING DEVICE USE, Behaviour & information technology, 15(1), 1996, pp. 57-64
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Ergonomics,"Information Science & Library Science","Computer Sciences, Special Topics
While adult performance with different pointing devices has received e
xtensive study in the human-computer interaction literature, there is
little data on the performance of young children using any input devic
es at all. In the present study, 64 three-year-old children used a joy
stick, mouse, or trackball to perform a simple cursor placement task.
Two substantive results were obtained. First, trackball users were the
slowest, but also the most accurate in their cursor control. Second,
characteristics of the children's performance suggest that adult stand
ards for an optimal interface, which stress speed and efficiency, may
not be appropriate when children are the intended users.