Children and educational software: software design under the microscope

Author

Ludi, Stephanie

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Polytech. State Univ., San Luis Obispo, CA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

3-5 Jul 1996

Firstpage

517

Lastpage

521

Abstract

This paper presents the results from a preliminary study conducted with elementary school-aged children and the software design process as it relates to educational software. The aspect of the study examines the effect of the design and user-interface elements on the student. Through testing, observation, and discussion the children shared their comments and suggestion for educational software. While data collection and statistical analysis is an efficient means of presenting results, this initial paper will focus on the qualitative analysis of CBE software in the areas of Language Arts and Mathematics

Keywords

computer aided instruction; computer science education; software engineering; statistical analysis; Language Arts; Mathematics; children and educational software; data collection; educational software; elementary school-aged children; preliminary study; qualitative analysis; software design; software design process; statistical analysis; user-interface elements; Art; Computer science; Educational institutions; Mathematics; Microscopy; Software design; Software quality; Software testing; Statistical analysis; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multi Media Engineering Education, 1996., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Melbourne, Vic.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3173-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMEE.1996.570306

Filename

570306