Tangible Interaction for Children’s Creative Learning: A Review

Liang, Meng; Li, Yanhong; Weber, Thomas; Hußmann, Heinrich

doi:10.1145/3450741.3465262

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“…The physicality of tangible user interfaces affords ample opportunities for spatial interactions and spatial reconfiguration [13,59], which can help reduce excessive cognitive load required to process all spatial information mentally [59,61], and may further support children's understanding of the problem space and their idea development [12,59]. Specifically, low-tech, hands-on materials used in data physicalization allow visualization novices like children to experiment with different ideas and make adjustments handily [19,20].…”

Section: Data Physicalization With Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Thinking Spatially About Data: A Developing Framework to Understand Children's Spatial Reasoning in Data Physicalization

Zhu

Klapwijk

2023

Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference

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Encoding intangible data variables with visual, spatial, and physical properties demands a high level of spatial reasoning. The ability to reason spatially is widely deemed critical to science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) learning. While much research has explored the relationship between learning with visualizations and spatial skills development, little is known about how children use their spatial reasoning in constructing tangible visualizations. This work-in-progress investigates how data physicalization activities, organized within a Design module in primary classrooms in the Netherlands, provide a window to understanding children's spatial reasoning about data. Based on preliminary analysis, we identify six indicators of children's spatial reasoning as observed in their constructing processes and artifacts. Most children in the study used tangible materials of varied sizes, curated meaningful spatial arrangements, and employed different unitizing methods to encode numerical data with spatial properties. Some children adjusted the sizes, units, or spatial arrangement to refine their tangible visualizations, considered the pros and cons of twoand three-dimensional forms of presentation, and made creative use of spatial shapes. In summary, this case study offers insights into children's use of spatial reasoning in data physicalization creation and practical implications for situating data physicalization activities in formal learning environments.

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Section: Data Physicalization With Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Thinking Spatially About Data: A Developing Framework to Understand Children's Spatial Reasoning in Data Physicalization

Zhu

Klapwijk

2023

Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference

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“…In this case, the authors define a set of four Research Questions that are different from the ones addressed in this paper, and the target databases are also different, so a different set of articles is obtained. Another interesting recent review on tangible interaction for children is presented in [19], in which the authors cover the period 2015-2020 and focus on the use of TUI to improve creativity. We can conclude that these research studies are complementary to Steps and outcomes based on the methodology adapted from [21] the one performed in this paper, and illustrate the interest of the research community in this topic.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Use of Tangible User Interfaces in K12 Education Settings: A Systematic Mapping Study

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Tangible User Interfaces have enriched and expanded the user experience when interacting with computers and smart devices. The monopoly of graphical user interfaces has been broken thanks to the emergence of new complementary technologies that allow for new ways of interacting with computer systems, such as tangible interaction, among others. Due to the scope and number of research articles addressing the Tangible User Interface that have been published, it can now be considered an interaction mechanism that is relatively mature and integrated within society. However, while the application of tangible interfaces in different areas is described as a success, there are only a limited number of research articles about their impact on education and learning systems. As a result, it is difficult to show the actual impact of Tangible User Interface technology in K12 education settings. This study tries to fill this gap by performing a systematic mapping study that shows the current state of research on the impact of this technology in these settings, analyzing the findings and identifying the main advances and limitations of this novel technology.

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“…Once a complete shape is created through social interaction kids can color their shape collaboratively. Creativity is an essential aspect of children's education [59]. Creativity should not be overlooked in school education because it is a necessary skill for the twenty-first century.…”

Section: Mode 5: Collaborationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…"Creativity is regarded as an essential skill that leads to the creation of knowledge and the construction of personal meaning [60]." Tangible user interfaces (TUIs) open up new avenues for creative learning [59]. Research shows that TUIs had many advantages,including the following:(1) they are novice-friendly,(2) support children's cognitive process and development,(3) enhanced their initiatives, (4) allows them to think outside the box, and ( 5) encouraged communication and collaboration in a meaningful context.…”

Section: Mode 5: Collaborationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(2)encourage intrinsic motivation by facilitating exploration and self-directed creation;(3) they encourage children's cognitive process by reducing cognitive efforts for imagination and spatial thinking, allowing children to have multi-dimensional perceptions and more flexibility in their creative activities [59].…”

Section: Advantages Of Creative Learning With Tieboardmentioning

confidence: 99%

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