Multi-touch tabletop computing for early childhood mathematics: 3d interaction with tangible user interfaces
Michael A. Evans, Elisabeth Drechsel, Eric Woods, Guoqiang Cui · International Conference of Learning Sciences · 2010
Research is motivated by advances in early childhood mathematics, the design of virtual manipulatives, and the development of multi-touch, tabletop computing combined with tangible user interfaces. Requirements include: 1) horizontal tabletop design affords physical support for material objects, keeping same interaction structure as users move between physical, virtual, and tangible interactions; 2) tabletop configurations have shown to facilitate greater collaborative activity where students interact with artifacts on surface simultaneously.