Emotions, private speech, involvement and other aspects of young children's interactions with educational apps

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Highlights：

• Heuristic evaluation of app design, observing interactions of 4-year-old children.

• Access, active engagement and social speech as key aspects of children's interactions with apps.

• Apps' features (feedback in the form of animations) support the expression of positive emotions.

摘要

•Heuristic evaluation of app design, observing interactions of 4-year-old children.•Access, active engagement and social speech as key aspects of children's interactions with apps.•Apps' features (feedback in the form of animations) support the expression of positive emotions.

论文关键词：Young children,Computer interaction,Mobile application,Multimodal study,Interaction behaviour,Children's engagement

论文评审过程：Received 6 February 2020, Revised 17 May 2020, Accepted 18 May 2020, Available online 22 May 2020, Version of Record 26 May 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106430