AutOMathic Blocks Usability Testing Phase One

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• 作者：Yonatan Breiter (20)
  Arthur Karshmer (20)
  Judith Karshmer (20)
  
• 关键词：AutOMathic ; Blind ; Math
• 刊名：Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：7382
• 期：1
• 页码：196-203
• 全文大小：331KB
• 参考文献：1. Karshmer, A.I., Daultani, P., McCaffrey, M.: AutOMathic Blocks, An Automated Systems to Teach Math to K-12 Children with Severe Visual Impairment Allowing Both Physical and Haptic Interaction with An Automated Tutor. In: Proceedings of the Learning with Disabilities Conference, Dayton, Ohio (July 2007)
  2. Klatzky, R.L., Lederman, S.J.: The Representation of Objects in Memory: Contrasting Perspectives from Vision and Touch. In: Gruneberg, M.M., Morris, P.E., Sykes, R.N. (eds.) Practical Aspects of Memory: Current Research and Issues. Wiley (1987)
  3. Millar, S.: The perception of complex patterns by touch. Perception聽14(3), 293鈥?03 (1985) CrossRef
  
• 作者单位：Yonatan Breiter (20)
  Arthur Karshmer (20)
  Judith Karshmer (20)
  
  20. University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
  

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The AutOMathic Blocks [1] system has been designed to help young blind students learn arithmetic and beginning algebra through the use of tactile [2, 3] blocks that display their work in two-dimensional space. The traditional method of presenting math problem presentation uses special Braille-like codes that present information in a linear form. It is our hypothesis that learning math via a two-dimensional method will expedite and improve the learning experience for young children. Before upgrading our prototype system, we have chosen to first carry out usability testing experiments testing the advantage of using tactile two-dimensional presentation methods.