TY - GEN
T1 - A cooperative process for a learnability study with Down Syndrome children
AU - Alfredo Mendoza, G.
AU - Alvarez, R. Francisco J.
AU - Jaime Muñoz, A.
AU - Rusu, Cristian
AU - Francisco Acosta, E.
AU - Ricardo Mendoza, G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 ACM.
PY - 2016/9/13
Y1 - 2016/9/13
N2 - Software testing involving users is always a challenge. The combination of the Learnability Testing particularities and the behavioral characteristics of Down Syndrome children makes this challenge especially difficult, since may promote in users negative behaviors such as lack of motivation, fear, shame, boredom and angry. In this paper we present a Learnability study applied over a population of Down Syndrome children, based in two peerworking techniques: Co-discovery and Peer-tutoring. Cooperative learnability is the combination of such techniques in a unique process, it allowed us to improve the emotional-environment during tests, providing a more relaxing, participating, and engaging testing experience. Results showed that certain barriers experienced during the application of previous Learnability studies, over the same population, were overcome by implementing peerworking techniques.
AB - Software testing involving users is always a challenge. The combination of the Learnability Testing particularities and the behavioral characteristics of Down Syndrome children makes this challenge especially difficult, since may promote in users negative behaviors such as lack of motivation, fear, shame, boredom and angry. In this paper we present a Learnability study applied over a population of Down Syndrome children, based in two peerworking techniques: Co-discovery and Peer-tutoring. Cooperative learnability is the combination of such techniques in a unique process, it allowed us to improve the emotional-environment during tests, providing a more relaxing, participating, and engaging testing experience. Results showed that certain barriers experienced during the application of previous Learnability studies, over the same population, were overcome by implementing peerworking techniques.
KW - Disabilities
KW - Interaction
KW - Learnability
KW - Testing
KW - UX
KW - Usability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85014641177&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/2998626.2998636
DO - 10.1145/2998626.2998636
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85014641177
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
BT - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction, Interaccion 2016 - Held Jointly with the 5th Congreso Espanol de Informatica, CEDI 2016
A2 - Garcia-Penalvo, Francisco J.
A2 - Penichet, V�ctor Manuel Ruiz
A2 - de la Rubia Cuestas, Ernesto Jesus
A2 - Lopez, Lourdes Moreno
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 17th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction, Interaccion 2016
Y2 - 13 September 2016 through 16 September 2016
ER -