Fiddling, Pointing, Hovering, and Sliding

Reading hotspots: a method to evaluate reader and mediator’s experience with children’s digital books

“…In a comparative study of survey methods with children (Sylla et al 2019), the Paper Ladder stood out in terms of ease, pleasure, and preference in relation to other methods such as the Sticky Ladder or the Five Degrees of Happiness (Hall, Hume, & Tazzyman, 2016). The Sticky Ladder is a Velcro ladder that represents a tangible version of a Likert scale (Airey et al, 2002).…”

“…Children can express their preferences by attaching items representing the products under investigation to the Velcro. The Paper Ladder is an adaptation of the latter (Sylla et al, 2017(Sylla et al, , 2018, being easier to produce and use, since the paper version favors the handling of the pieces by the children who can relocate and review their choices easily following their preference (Sylla et al 2019). The Five Degrees of Happiness (Hall, Hume, & Tazzyman, 2016), uses emojis to evaluate children's perceptions of a product.…”

“…Our sample was composed of six children (aged six to eight) and six mediators that read the apps together in a school library. We adapted interview techniques, i.e., the Likert scale for mediators (Lucian, 2016;Derham, 2011), and the Paper Ladder for children (Sylla et al, 2019). Additionally, we extended the Multimodal Analysis model to systematically assess relationships and interactions with hotspots during mediated reading (Flewitt, 2012;Kucirkova et al, 2013).…”