Material Significance of Tangibles for Young Children Conference Paper

abstract

• ACM. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how young children associate materiality and meanings and how it can benefit tangible interaction design. To study this, we developed a research prototype, Stampies that allows playful tangible interactions. Stampies consists of tangible objects made out of different materials (wood, felt, silicone, and plastic) and an iPad drawing application. We describe results from our empirical study involving 19 children aged 4 to 7. The study indicates that children associate materials with meanings through "material essences", feel, and tactile preference. We conclude with design implications for tangible interaction for children.

name of conference

• Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

authors

• Quek, Francis
• Seo, Jinsil

published proceedings

• Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

author list (cited authors)

• Seo, J. H., Arita, J., Chu, S., Quek, F., & Aldriedge, S.

citation count

• 12

complete list of authors

• Seo, Jinsil Hwaryoung||Arita, Janelle||Chu, Sharon||Quek, Francis||Aldriedge, Stephen

publication date

• January 2015

publisher

• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)  Publisher

keywords

• Pediatric

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1145/2677199.2680583

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9781450333054

start page

• 53

end page

• 56

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1145%2F2677199.2680583