Publication Conference Paper2009
State machines are child's play: observing children ages 9 to 11 playing Escape Machine
Michael Philetus Weller, Mark D Gross, Ellen Yi-Luen Do
Abstract
We developed Escape Machine, a puzzle game in which children control the behavior of characters in a maze by manipulating a tangible state machine built with Posey, our computationallyenhanced hub-and-strut construction kit. We observed children ages nine to eleven playing the game in several sessions. The qualitative results of this observation validate the promise of Posey and Escape Machine to engage children in manipulating algorithmic specifications for behavior.
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