An Iconic Keyword-based Storybook Search System for Young Children
| Autor: | Min-Siang Guo, 郭民翔 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 100 According to Nielsen Online research report, children online population grew 18 percent over the past five years. Storybooks have been the main source of children reading. With the advance of digital contents and computer technologies, how young children choose their interest digital storybooks in a digital library or on the Internet is becoming important. However, children often encounter difficulties in finding books with traditional keyword search interfaces due to the immaturity of cognitive development. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop an intuitive, iconic keyword search interface with which children compose comprehensible image keywords for their intended storybooks. This study also investigates the usability of the iconic keyword-based storybook search system for young children. The evaluation of the system involved 20 kindergarten and 20 second grade elementary children. The evaluation results showed that kindergarten children composed their search terms mainly based on characters on the book covers in both tasks of finding favorite storybooks and searching specific storybooks. However, the elementary children showing their imagination and observation demonstrated more detailed search terms by including elements of scenes of a book cover in the aforementioned tasks. For the usability aspect, elementary children showed higher rates of task completion and correctness of usability questions. |
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