Abstract
Recent research has revealed that basic computer input capabilities can substantially facilitate or impede people's ability to produce ideas and solve problems correctly. This research asks: What type of interface provides best support for inferential reasoning in both low- and high-performing students' Students' ability to make accurate inferences about science and everyday reasoning tasks was compared while they used: (1) non digital pen and paper, (2) a digital pen and paper interface, (3) pen tablet interface, and (4) graphical tablet interface. Correct inferences averaged 10.5% higher when using a digital pen interface, compared with the tablet interfaces. Further analyses revealed that overgeneralization and redundancy errors were more common when using the tablet interfaces and among low performers. Implications are discussed for designing more effective computational thinking tools.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | ICMI 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction |
Editors | Andrew Sears , Kristina Jokinen, Bjorn Schuller |
Place of Publication | New York, United States |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Pages | 221-228 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781450321297 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces 2013 - Coogee Bay Hotel, Sydney, Australia Duration: 9 Dec 2013 → 13 Dec 2013 Conference number: 15th https://icmi.acm.org/2013/ (Conference website) https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2522848&picked=prox (ACM proceedings) |
Conference
Conference | International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces 2013 |
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Abbreviated title | ICMI 2013 |
Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Sydney |
Period | 9/12/13 → 13/12/13 |
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Keywords
- cognitive load
- inference
- pen interfaces
- thinking tools