@inproceedings{3fd87fa3db0f4f4e9ddd338546f04f12,
title = "Supporting spatial skill learning with gesture-based embodied design",
abstract = "Prior research has shown that spatial abilities are crucial for STEM achievement and attainment. The connection between the digital and physical worlds provided by embodied interaction has been shown to enhance performance and engagement in educational contexts. Spatial reasoning is a domain that lends itself naturally to embodied, physical interaction; however, there is little understanding of how embodied interaction could be incorporated into educational technology designed to train spatial reasoning skills. We propose several guidelines for gestural interaction design in spatial reasoning education games based on an empirical study with students at a local afterschool program using a custom-built computer game for training spatial skills. We present a series of gesture sets derived from an iterative design approach that are easy for children to acquire, show sufficient congruency to specific spatial operations, and enable robust recognition from the system. We also compared children's behaviors when playing the game with our gestural interface and a traditional mouse-based interface and found that children take more time but fewer steps to complete game levels when using gestures.",
keywords = "Design guidelines, Embodied cognition, Embodied learning, Gestural interaction, Spatial reasoning, Stem education",
author = "Chiu, {Po Tsung} and Helen Wauck and Ziang Xiao and Yuqi Yao and Fu, {Wai Tat}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 ACM.; 23rd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, IUI 2018 ; Conference date: 07-03-2018 Through 11-03-2018",
year = "2018",
month = mar,
day = "5",
doi = "10.1145/3172944.3172994",
language = "English (US)",
series = "International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Proceedings IUI",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
pages = "67--71",
booktitle = "IUI 2018 - Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces",
address = "United States",
}