TY - GEN
T1 - Collaborative puzzle game
T2 - 4th ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, ITS 2009
AU - Battocchi, A.
AU - Pianesi, F.
AU - Tomasini, D.
AU - Zancanaro, M.
AU - Esposito, G.
AU - Venuti, P.
AU - Ben Sasson, A.
AU - Gal, E.
AU - Weiss, P. L.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We present the design and evaluation of the Collaborative Puzzle Game (CPG), a tabletop interactive activity developed for fostering collaboration in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The CPG was inspired by cardboard jigsaw puzzles and runs on the MERL DiamondTouch table [7]. Digital pieces can be manipulated by direct finger touch. The CPG features a set of interaction rules called Enforced Collaboration (EC); in order to be moved, puzzle pieces must be touched and dragged simultaneously by two players. Two studies were conducted to test whether EC has the potential to serve as an interaction paradigm that would help foster collaborative skills. In Study 1, 70 boys with typical development were tested and in Study 2 16 boys with ASD were tested. Results show that EC has a positive effect on collaboration although it appears to be associated with a more complex interaction. For children with ASD, EC was also related to a higher number of "negotiation" moves, which may reflect their higher need of coordination during the collaborative activity.
AB - We present the design and evaluation of the Collaborative Puzzle Game (CPG), a tabletop interactive activity developed for fostering collaboration in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The CPG was inspired by cardboard jigsaw puzzles and runs on the MERL DiamondTouch table [7]. Digital pieces can be manipulated by direct finger touch. The CPG features a set of interaction rules called Enforced Collaboration (EC); in order to be moved, puzzle pieces must be touched and dragged simultaneously by two players. Two studies were conducted to test whether EC has the potential to serve as an interaction paradigm that would help foster collaborative skills. In Study 1, 70 boys with typical development were tested and in Study 2 16 boys with ASD were tested. Results show that EC has a positive effect on collaboration although it appears to be associated with a more complex interaction. For children with ASD, EC was also related to a higher number of "negotiation" moves, which may reflect their higher need of coordination during the collaborative activity.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77952964407&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/1731903.1731940
DO - 10.1145/1731903.1731940
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77952964407
SN - 9781605587332
T3 - ITS 2009 - The ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, Proceedings
SP - 197
EP - 204
BT - ITS 2009 - The ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, Proceedings
Y2 - 23 November 2009 through 25 November 2009
ER -