A tabletop system to promote argumentation in computer science students

Marisol Wong-Villacres; Katherine Chiluiza; Margarita Ortiz; Vanessa Echeverria

doi:10.1145/2817721.2823501

A tabletop system to promote argumentation in computer science students

Marisol Wong-Villacres, Katherine Chiluiza, Margarita Ortiz, Vanessa Echeverria

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Abstract

This study explores the design of a tabletop system that seeks to bolster the argumentative skills of Computer Science students. A set of four design guidelines - positive interdependence, stages, interference, and awareness - were derived from user research and used for designing and prototyping a multi-display tabletop application. Four students evaluated a video prototype; the overall results showed that the application's features have great potential to support the design guidelines. Moreover, students' impressions about the prototype's enforcement of positive interdependence indicate possibilities for augmenting argumentation opportunities. Steps for future work are presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, ITS 2015
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	325-330
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450338998
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2817721.2823501
Publication status	Published - 15 Nov 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces Conference 2015 - Madeira, Portugal Duration: 15 Nov 2015 → 18 Nov 2015 Conference number: 10th https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/2817721

Conference

Conference	ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces Conference 2015
Abbreviated title	ITS 2015
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Madeira
Period	15/11/15 → 18/11/15
Internet address	https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/2817721

Keywords

Argumentation
Computer Science Education
Software Design
Tabletops
User-Centered Design

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Wong-Villacres, M, Chiluiza, K, Ortiz, M & Echeverria, V 2015, A tabletop system to promote argumentation in computer science students. in Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, ITS 2015. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 325-330, ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces Conference 2015, Madeira, Portugal, 15/11/15. https://doi.org/10.1145/2817721.2823501

A tabletop system to promote argumentation in computer science students. / Wong-Villacres, Marisol; Chiluiza, Katherine; Ortiz, Margarita et al.
Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, ITS 2015. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2015. p. 325-330.

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