SIMULATING CHARACTERS FOR OBSERVATION

A. Albin-Clark, T. L. J. Howard, B. Anderson

2012

Abstract

Observation of young children is common in educational settings but student practitioners have infrequent access so limited amounts of observable activity can ever be captured. We have developed a software application using research-based models of child development to support observations made by pedagogical practitioners. The prototype system – Observation – which we believe is the first to employ 3D interactive computer graphics for visualising early childhood play, is available for download and evaluation.

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in Harvard Style

Albin-Clark A., L. J. Howard T. and Anderson B. (2012). SIMULATING CHARACTERS FOR OBSERVATION . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2012) ISBN 978-989-8565-02-0, pages 501-502. DOI: 10.5220/0003838805010502


in Bibtex Style

@conference{grapp12,
author={A. Albin-Clark and T. L. J. Howard and B. Anderson},
title={SIMULATING CHARACTERS FOR OBSERVATION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2012)},
year={2012},
pages={501-502},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003838805010502},
isbn={978-989-8565-02-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2012)
TI - SIMULATING CHARACTERS FOR OBSERVATION
SN - 978-989-8565-02-0
AU - Albin-Clark A.
AU - L. J. Howard T.
AU - Anderson B.
PY - 2012
SP - 501
EP - 502
DO - 10.5220/0003838805010502