Increasing children's social competence through games, an exploratory study

K.J.J. Hendrix; R. van Herk; J. Verhaegh; P. Markopoulos

doi:10.1145/1551788.1551823

Increasing children's social competence through games, an exploratory study

K.J.J. Hendrix
, R. van Herk
, J. Verhaegh
, P. Markopoulos

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Abstract

We describe the design and evaluation of Playground Architect, a multi-player game designed to help shy children gain social confidence. The game is played by a small group of children around an interactive tabletop surface using a tangible user interface. The game was evaluated with 32 children (mean age 9.5). All players enjoyed the game. Shy children enjoyed being in charge and were quite talkative during play. Interviews with teachers show that some shy children behaved notably more outgoing. These results illustrate the potential of socially educational games.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IDC '09 Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, 3-5 June 2009, Como, Italy
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.
Pages	182-185
ISBN (Print)	978-1-60558-395-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1551788.1551823
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children: IDC 2009 - Como, Italy Duration: 3 Jun 2009 → 5 Jun 2009 http://www.idc09.polimi.it/

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Conference	8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Como
Period	3/06/09 → 5/06/09
Internet address	http://www.idc09.polimi.it/

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Hendrix, KJJ, van Herk, R, Verhaegh, J & Markopoulos, P 2009, Increasing children's social competence through games, an exploratory study. in IDC '09 Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, 3-5 June 2009, Como, Italy. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., New York, pp. 182-185, 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, Como, Italy, 3/06/09. https://doi.org/10.1145/1551788.1551823

Increasing children's social competence through games, an exploratory study. / Hendrix, K.J.J.; van Herk, R.; Verhaegh, J. et al.
IDC '09 Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, 3-5 June 2009, Como, Italy. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., 2009. p. 182-185.

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