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Child-Centered Evaluation: Broadening the Child/Designer Dyad

Author(s) -

Sofia Pardo,

Steve Howard,

Frank Vetere

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

advances in human-computer interaction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.429

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 1687-5907

pISSN - 1687-5893

DOI - 10.1155/2008/597629

Subject(s) - dyad , interpreter , computer science , interpretation (philosophy) , software , component (thermodynamics) , value (mathematics) , human–computer interaction , psychology , programming language , machine learning , social psychology , physics , thermodynamics

Some settings challenge a literal interpretation of user-centered design orthodoxy; that design is best done for a user, by designing with that user. We explore the value that a copresent proxy and interpreter can bring to certain hard-to-reach or difficult-to-interpret situations; in this case the evaluation of educational software intended to be used by children. We discuss the effect that introducing a teacher had on the results of the evaluation and conclude that adding an expert-based component to evaluations increased its diagnostic power

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