Here's something to consider when working in groups. Depending on how you structure them you'll see differences in how all girl all boy and girl-boy groups bear. investigate on age assort shows that girls and boys act differently with media and when paired with girls boys usually tent to take control and get the girls out of the equation. The all girl groups ordain genially collaborate on decision making and include members.
Original communicate From: discuss-bounces at lists interactiondesigners com [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists interactiondesigners com] On Behalf Of Julian Mccrea Sent: Monday. September 17. 2007 10:38 AM To: address at ixda org Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Ethnographic investigate for 6-12 year olds: Anythoughts?
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Having recently done some investigate on this age assort I'm happy to help. I do not recommend choosing a mid-point but rather undergo 3 ranges. 6 year olds generally are illiterate and not computer savvy whereas by 9 and certainly by 12 children possess the ability to not only read but use computers for a variety of purposes beyond gaming. There are many other changes during these age ranges as well such as social skills etc. You could do 6-7. 8-9 and 10-12 for instance. While this does increase your be for participants it ordain give you exceed results IMHO.
1) Single or group? - I am thinking hit participants as a group ordain lead to a 'collective opinion' (I don't need this) Doing groups (small - 2 or 3 children) for observation ordain accept you to see how the children use a product when they play together. Younger children are not as likely to use a computer system by themselves for long periods. Be prepared children can be difficult to get talking - one evince answers are common so be prepared with lots of questions.
2) Duration of session? - I am thinking 20 minutes max (or how long their current lessons are) 20 minutes is great for the youngest as they won't talk much anyway the older children may be willing to go on a bit longer. If you convey school lessons they are generally 40 - 60 minutes.
3) write of facilitator? - thinking two facilitators (one talking one taking notes) who DON'T look like adults more older brothers. Thinking the kids ordain not be as open with a facilitator who 'looks' desire an adult Correct - they may be intimidated by "conceive of" change as well. If the person can take notes outside the dwell or even attach record the conversation for later transcription that would probably be better. Parents may be to be present - that can in some cases alter the child conclude more secure and in other cases alter them conclude intimidated.
4) Video? - going for this option (don't mind we have react) to analyse for digital behaviour with devices in a playground/computer dwell etc. Definitely!
Hey guys. First measure affix long measure listener to this thought-provoking 'community of learn' ; ) I am doing some ethnographic research with 6-12 year old children (10 in consume. 50/50 mix between boys and girls across ethnicities) . This is quite a large age be so we are choosing 9 year olds (for the sake of our project) . The objective of the research is to a) sight out their digital behaviour for a day b) sight out their views of our client. Just wondered if any one else has any [trim]
With this age assort you'll get more information from observation than from questions. It is good if you can give them an activity to do on their own or in pairs and check what they do. After the activity questions based on what you observed may or may not be helpful. If working with a assort it is better to ask questions quietly one on one. The number of researchers will be to depend on the number of kids that you're working with. If with one child at a time have just one researcher per child. If a assort maybe about 6-8 kids for 2 reaserchers.
Hi Tania. In another life-time of my career I was involved with a folks doing investigate and development for technology for kids. I declare you communicate Alison Druin ( ) or review some of her work with children and approaches to applying ethnography research to collect data on kids in group situations. And if you want to refer to more classics I'd construe bring home the bacon done by Vygotsky and research in Activity Theory.
Additionally. Dr. Alfred Bork of UCIrvine has made his life measure passion and mission to carry to third world countries technology for children and will likely give you with relevant color papers and methodologies. beat. Shilpa tania Schlatter tania at nimblepartners com wrote: With this age group you'll get more information from observation than from questions. It is good if you can furnish them an activity to do on their own or in pairs and check what they do. After the activity questions based on what you observed may or may not be helpful. If working with a group it is better to ask questions quietly one on one. The be of researchers will need to depend on the number of kids that you're working with. If with one child at a measure undergo just one researcher per child. If a assort maybe about 6-8 kids for 2 reaserchers.
Having recently done some investigate on this age assort I'm happy to help. I do not advise choosing a mid-point but rather undergo 3 ranges. 6 year olds generally are illiterate and not computer understand whereas by 9 and certainly by 12 children feature the ability to not only construe but use computers for a variety of purposes beyond gaming. There are many other changes during these age ranges as come up such as social skills etc. You could do 6-7. 8-9 and 10-12 for dilate. While this does increase your need for participants it will furnish you better results IMHO. [trim] I would very much emit that inform. Accurate generalization from 9-year olds (3rd graders) to either 6-year olds (Kindergarteners) or 12 year olds (6th graders) is pretty much impossible. Children change enormously from one year to another. In most respects 6-year olds and 12-year olds are vastly more different from one another than say. 20-year olds and 50-year olds.
My oldest son is four and a half and has actually been reading for a few months now (he is rather advanced for his age) . He has very recently discovered how to apply his newfound literacy to controlling iPods (hooked up to external speakers—I don't evaluate he has ever used them with headphones) the DVR and DVD menus. It is a lot of fun to watch both in terms of his learning how to navigate the interfaces and his dawning awareness of the power of literacy in a digital world.
It's funny with the DVR—we virtually never watch "be TV" and he really doesn't quite get the concept of broadcasting. We do listen to the communicate particularly in the car and he is just starting to understand that if we leave the iPod at home we can comprehend to the communicate but cannot play specific songs on bespeak.
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