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Ability of Children to Draw Mathematical Numbers through Computer Mouse

Yen Lee Choo, Nor Azman Ismail and Yee Yong Pang
Faculty of Computing, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology  2016  1:1-6
http://dx.doi.org/10.19026/rjaset.13.2883  |  © The Author(s) 2016
Received: October ‎16, ‎2015  |  Accepted: March ‎21, ‎2016  |  Published: July 05, 2016

Abstract

In this study, the ability of kindergarten children to draw mathematical numbers using a computer mouse was investigated. About 25 children from a kindergarten school located in Skudai, Johor was participating in this study. The number ‘1’ with two different font sizes were used to represent a low level of difficulty as it requires children to drawing a straight line, whereas number ‘2’ with two different font sizes were used to represent a high level of difficulty due to have a curved line. The results showed that the performance of kindergarten children in drawing the number ‘1’ (straight line) were more accurate compared to number ‘2’ (curved line). The size of the objects could affect the accuracy and the speed (completion time). However, the presence of errors in the drawing is due to the psychological motor of children, which is still developing.

Keywords:

Children Development, Child-computer Interaction (CCI), computer mouse, Human-computer Interaction (HCI), input device,


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