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Usability of Pictorial Toy Assembly Instructions for Young Children (2007)
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@MISC{Martin07usabilityof,
author = {Cortney V. Martin and Kari L. Babski-reeves and Ph. D and Maura J. Borrego and Ph. D and Victoria R. Fu and Ph. D and Brian M. Kleiner and Ph. D and Cortney V. Martin},
title = {Usability of Pictorial Toy Assembly Instructions for Young Children},
year = {2007}
}
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Abstract
This human factors research demonstrated the importance of instruction design on assembly performance and self-efficacy in young children. The mixed-method usability study evaluated the effect of gender, age, toy, and experience on assembly performance, frequency and duration of instruction looks, subjective evaluations, and usability problems. A total of twenty-four boys and girls, six- and nine-year-olds, assembled K’NEX, LEGO, BIONICLE, and Lincoln Log toys using the accompanying pictorial assembly instructions. Other research objectives included recommending key usability measures for instruction designers, developing a model of assembly self-efficacy, and evaluating traditional usability methods for use with children. Not surprisingly, quantitative results revealed that the older children assembled the toys more quickly and accurately with fewer usability problems. Six-year-old girls had the highest rate of mistakes. The nine-year-olds required fewer instruction looks of shorter duration than the six-year-olds. With few exceptions, toy comparisons were similar across subjective and objective measures. Thirty-two instruction design usability problems were
Keyphrases
young child pictorial toy assembly instruction instruction look usability problem assembly performance instruction design toy comparison twenty-four boy lincoln log mixed-method usability study key usability measure subjective evaluation human factor research pictorial assembly instruction traditional usability method quantitative result objective measure instruction designer research objective six-year-old girl thirty-two instruction design usability problem
