Drag-and-drop errors in young children’s use of the mouse

Donker, Afke; Reitsma, P. H.

doi:10.1016/j.intcom.2006.05.008

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“…The shorter times obtained in the horizontal movement coincided with those of previous studies which used the same target presentation paradigm (Donker and Reitsma 2007b;Phillips, Triggs, and Meehan 2001;Whisenand and Emurian, 1999). Despite these studies all having reported shorter completion times in the horizontal direction, statements about this effect were not included in those papers, because the completion time data alone was limited in terms of its ability to provide much information about the biomechanical factors of the upper extremities.…”

Section: Trial Completion Timesupporting

confidence: 69%

“…Instead, different interpretations of the hidden principles of operation related to this directional effect have been proposed. Generally, these interpretations were associated with the concept of compatibility (Phillips, Triggs, and Meehan 2005), biomechanical factors of the upper extremities (Dillen, Phillips, and Meehan 2005;Hertzum and Hornbaek 2010;Smyrnis et al 2000), efforts stemming from coordinate transformation (Phillips and Triggs 2000;Phillips, Triggs, and Meehan 2001), the reading screen direction (Donker and Reitsma, 2007b) and functional cerebral asymmetries Early studies (Phillips and Triggs 2000;Emurian 1996, 1999) investigated the directional effects with the classic measures originating from the framework of Fitts' law. But as completion time and error rate are classic measures and do not reveal any time-varying characteristics of the cursor trajectory, interpretations of the results of early studies are limited.…”

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confidence: 99%

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A kinematic analysis of directional effects on mouse control

Lee

Bang

2013

Ergonomics

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The directional effects associated with cursor movement controlled by a computer mouse have long been studied to improve mouse performance during precise tasks. However, those studies have rarely considered the kinematic variables associated with directional effects and have only analysed the projection of trajectories along the main axes of movement, eventually reducing the original dimensions of the data. In addition, as the angle of approach has a limited number of levels, it has been difficult to observe singular behaviour in the horizontal directions. In this study, we investigated the directional effects on kinematic variables when using a mouse to select circular targets. In this experiment, the measured trajectory of 16 different angles of approach was measured after separating the x and y components. The results revealed interesting biomechanical and cognitive features of mouse control and led to the suggestion of two improvements to be made upon the typical mouse design.

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Section: Trial Completion Timesupporting

confidence: 69%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A kinematic analysis of directional effects on mouse control

Lee

Bang

2013

Ergonomics

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“…For instance, Donker and Reitsma (2007) analyzed whether 6-7 year-old children made more errors while using a mouse to drag and drop than university students, and concluded that children were less skillful than adults, although most of their mistakes were due to the size of the destination area and the direction of the movement and not to the need to keep the mouse button pressed. The most frequent cause of these errors was their less developed fine motor abilities and eye-hand coordination.…”

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confidence: 99%

Multi-touch gestures for pre-kindergarten children

Nacher

Jaén

Navarro

et al. 2015

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

111

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Abstract. The direct manipulation interaction style of multi-touch technology makes it the ideal mechanism for learning activities from pre-kindergarteners to adolescents. However, most commercial pre-kindergarten applications only support tap and drag operations. This paper investigates pre-kindergarteners' (2-3 years of age) ability to perform other gestures on multitouch surfaces. We found that these infants could effectively perform additional gestures, such as one-finger rotation and two-finger scale up and down, just as well as basic gestures, despite gender and age differences. We also identified cognitive and precision issues that may have an impact on the performance and feasibility of several types of interaction (double tap, long press, scale down and two-finger rotation) and propose a set of design guidelines to mitigate the associated problems and help designers envision effective interaction mechanisms for this challenging age range.

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“…This study used letters as items to move, which had different sizes and aspect ratios, making it difficult to compare results with other studies. An additional experiment found that five to seven-year old children's and adults' drag-and-drop errors are not related to difficulty in keeping the mouse button down, but on errors at the beginning and end of a dragand-drop operation [68]. One of the most interesting findings was that movement distance did not affect the successful completion of a task.…”

Section: Draggingmentioning

confidence: 97%

Interaction Design and Children

Hourcade

2007

FNT in Human-Computer Interaction

230

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Children are increasingly using computer technologies as reflected in reports of computer use in schools in the United States. Given the greater exposure of children to these technologies, it is imperative that they be designed taking into account children's abilities, interests, and developmental needs. This survey aims to contribute toward this goal through a review of research on children's cognitive and motor development, safety issues related to technologies and design methodologies and principles. It also provides and overview of current research trends in the field of interaction design and children and identifies challenges for future research.To understand children's developmental needs it is important to be aware of the factors that affect children's intellectual development. This survey analyzes the relevance of constructivist, socio-cultural, and other modern theories with respect to the design of technologies for children. It also examines the significance of research on children's cognitive development in terms of perception, memory, symbolic representation, problem solving, and language. Since interacting with technologies most often involves children's hands this survey also reviews literature on children's fine motor development including manipulation and reaching movements. Just as it is important to know how to aid children's development it is also crucial to avoid harming development. This survey summarizes research on how technologies can negatively affect children's physical, intellectual, social, emotional, and moral development. Following is a review of design methodologies for children's technologies organized based on the roles children may play during the design process including a description of cooperative inquiry and informant design methods. This is followed by a review of design principles obtained through experiences in developing technologies for children as well as research studies. It includes design principles related to visual design (e.g., icons, visual complexity), interaction styles (e.g., direct manipulation, menus), and the use of input devices (e.g., pointing, dragging, using mouse buttons). The latter half of this survey summarizes research trends in the field of interaction design and children, grouping research efforts in the following areas: supporting creativity and problem solving, supporting collaboration and communication, accessing, gathering and exploring content, learning from simulations, supporting children with special needs, interacting with intelligent characters, supporting healthy lifestyles, learning skills, mobile, tangible, and ubiquitous computing, and designing and evaluating technologies. This survey concludes by formulating research challenges for the future and identifying three information age "plagues" children are in danger of facing in the near future.

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Drag-and-drop errors in young children’s use of the mouse

Cited by 38 publications

References 18 publications

A kinematic analysis of directional effects on mouse control

A kinematic analysis of directional effects on mouse control

Multi-touch gestures for pre-kindergarten children

Interaction Design and Children

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