TY - GEN
T1 - Developmental human factors
T2 - 54th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 2010, HFES 2010
AU - Oleson, Kristin E.
AU - Sims, Valerie K.
AU - Chin, Matthew G.
AU - Lum, Heather C.
AU - Sinatra, Anne
PY - 2010/12/1
Y1 - 2010/12/1
N2 - Two groups of first, third, and fifth grade children were interviewed about their mental models of computers. The first group was interviewed in 1999, and the second in 2009. In both data sets, children as young as 6 years of age generated well developed analogies for computers. However, the 2009 data showed that children are increasingly able to generate these analogies at a younger age. Further, the types of analogies generated differed as a function of time, with those interviewed in 1999 more likely to describe perceptual qualities of computers (e.g., it is square), and those interviewed in 2009 relating computers to both cell phones and entertainment devices. Children's knowledge of technology provides a glimpse into the future user's mindset.
AB - Two groups of first, third, and fifth grade children were interviewed about their mental models of computers. The first group was interviewed in 1999, and the second in 2009. In both data sets, children as young as 6 years of age generated well developed analogies for computers. However, the 2009 data showed that children are increasingly able to generate these analogies at a younger age. Further, the types of analogies generated differed as a function of time, with those interviewed in 1999 more likely to describe perceptual qualities of computers (e.g., it is square), and those interviewed in 2009 relating computers to both cell phones and entertainment devices. Children's knowledge of technology provides a glimpse into the future user's mindset.
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U2 - 10.1518/107118110X12829370088129
DO - 10.1518/107118110X12829370088129
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79952934412
SN - 9781617820885
T3 - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
SP - 1450
EP - 1453
BT - 54th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 2010, HFES 2010
Y2 - 27 September 2010 through 1 October 2010
ER -