{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,28]],"date-time":"2025-11-28T12:09:56Z","timestamp":1764331796664},"reference-count":20,"publisher":"IGI Global","issue":"2","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2010,4,1]]},"abstract":"<p>In this article, the authors investigate the usability of mobile touch-screen devices for children. This is a growing area, and as such there is currently a lack of definitive guidelines for mobile device designers. This article reports two studies that investigated input methods for touch-screens with children aged 7-10, concentrating on the interaction between the child and the devices. In the first study, a range of devices were observed in use, in order to gather overall impressions of interaction styles and user experience. In the second study, a more controlled comparison between stylus and finger input is made. The article concludes by offering a set of general design guidelines for the design of mobile devices for children.<\/p>","DOI":"10.4018\/jmhci.2010040101","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,4,19]],"date-time":"2010-04-19T13:02:56Z","timestamp":1271682176000},"page":"1-18","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":26,"title":["Children's Interaction with Mobile Touch-Screen Devices"],"prefix":"10.4018","volume":"2","author":[{"given":"Lorna","family":"McKnight","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Central Lancashire, UK"}]},{"given":"Brendan","family":"Cassidy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Central Lancashire, UK"}]}],"member":"2432","reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"jmhci.2010040101-0","first-page":"321","article-title":"Item Non response in Questionnaire Research with Children.","volume":"17","author":"N.Borgers","year":"2001","journal-title":"Journal of Official Statistics"},{"key":"jmhci.2010040101-1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1023\/B:QUQU.0000013236.29205.a6"},{"key":"jmhci.2010040101-2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Cao, X., & Kurniawan, S. H. (2007). Designing mobile phone interface with children. In B. Begole et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the CHI \u201907 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp.2309-2314). New York: ACM.","DOI":"10.1145\/1240866.1240999"},{"key":"jmhci.2010040101-3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Chang, C. (2008). Usability comparison of pen-based input for young children on mobile devices. In M. Singhai et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous, and Trustworthy Computing (pp.531-536). Washington, DC: IEEE.","DOI":"10.1109\/SUTC.2008.8"},{"key":"jmhci.2010040101-4","author":"A.Druin","year":"2009","journal-title":"Mobile Technology for Children: Designing for Interaction and Learning"},{"key":"jmhci.2010040101-5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Druin, A., Bederson, B. B., & Quinn, A. (2009). Designing intergenerational mobile storytelling. In F. Garzotto (Ed.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (pp.325-328). New York: ACM.","DOI":"10.1145\/1551788.1551875"},{"key":"jmhci.2010040101-6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Hoggan, E., Brewster, S. A., & Johnston, J. (2008). Investigating the effectiveness of tactile feedback for mobile touchscreens. In M. Burnett et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth Annual SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp.1573-1582). New York: ACM.","DOI":"10.1145\/1357054.1357300"},{"key":"jmhci.2010040101-7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Horton, M., & Read, J. C. (2008). Interactive whiteboards in the living room?: asking children about their technologies. In O. Abuelmaatti & D. England (Eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd British CHI Group Annual Conference on HCI 2008: People and Computers Xxii (Vol. 2, pp.147-148). Swindon, UK: British Computer Society.","DOI":"10.14236\/ewic\/HCI2008.54"},{"key":"jmhci.2010040101-8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Kristensson, P. O., & Zhai, S. (2007). Command strokes with and without preview: using pen gestures on keyboard for command selection. In B. Begole et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp.1137-1146). New York: ACM.","DOI":"10.1145\/1240624.1240797"},{"key":"jmhci.2010040101-9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Kuhn, A., Quintana, C., & Soloway, E. (2009). StoryTime: a new way for children to write. In F. Garzotto (Ed.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (pp.218-221). New York: ACM.","DOI":"10.1145\/1551788.1551834"},{"key":"jmhci.2010040101-10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Lee, S., & Zhai, S. (2009). The performance of touch screen soft buttons. In S. Greenberg et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp.309-318). New York: ACM.","DOI":"10.1145\/1518701.1518750"},{"key":"jmhci.2010040101-11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"MacKenzie, I. S., Sellen, A., & Buxton, W. A. S. (1991). A comparison of input devices in element pointing and dragging tasks. In S. P. Robertson et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 1991 SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp.161-166). New York: ACM.","DOI":"10.1145\/108844.108868"},{"key":"jmhci.2010040101-12","author":"P.Markopoulos","year":"2008","journal-title":"Evaluating Children\u2019s Interactive Products"},{"key":"jmhci.2010040101-13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Oosterholt, R., Kusano, M., & de Vries, G. (1996). Interaction design and human factors support in the development of a personal communicator for children. In M. J. Tauber (Ed.), Proceedings of the 1996 SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp.450-457). New York: ACM.","DOI":"10.1145\/238386.238603"},{"key":"jmhci.2010040101-14","first-page":"57","article-title":"Evaluating one handed thumb tapping on mobile touchscreen devices","author":"K. B.Perry","year":"2008","journal-title":"Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2008"},{"key":"jmhci.2010040101-15","first-page":"342","author":"W. E.Prentice","year":"2001","journal-title":"Techniques in musculoskeletal rehabilitation"},{"key":"jmhci.2010040101-16","unstructured":"Read, J. C., MacFarlane, S. J., & Casey, C. (2002). Endurability, engagement and expectations: measuring children\u2019s fun. In M. M. Bekker et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Workshop on Interaction Design and Children (pp.189-198). Eindhoven, The Netherlands: Shaker Publishing."},{"key":"jmhci.2010040101-17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Revelle, G., & Reardon, E. (2009). Designing and testing mobile interfaces for children. In F. Garzotto (Ed.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (pp.329-332). New York: ACM.","DOI":"10.1145\/1551788.1551876"},{"key":"jmhci.2010040101-18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Vogel, D., & Baudisch, P. (2007). Shift: a technique for operating pen-based interfaces using touch. In B. Begole et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2007 SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp.657-666). New York: ACM.","DOI":"10.1145\/1240624.1240727"},{"key":"jmhci.2010040101-19","unstructured":"Waters, D. (2009). The future beneath your fingertips. BBC News. Retrieved September 10, 2009 from http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/technology\/7945680.stm"}],"container-title":["International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction"],"original-title":[],"language":"ng","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.igi-global.com\/viewtitle.aspx?TitleId=43004","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2022,6,1]],"date-time":"2022-06-01T20:25:26Z","timestamp":1654115126000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/services.igi-global.com\/resolvedoi\/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018\/jmhci.2010040101"}},"subtitle":["Experiences and Guidelines for Design"],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2010,4,1]]},"references-count":20,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2010,4]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4018\/jmhci.2010040101","relation":{},"ISSN":["1942-390X","1942-3918"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1942-390X","type":"print"},{"value":"1942-3918","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2010,4,1]]}}}