Title:
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Fostering body movement in children through an exertion interface as an educational tool
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Author:
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Castañer Balcells, Marta; Camerino Foguet, Oleguer; Landry, Pascal; Parés, Narcís, 1966-
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Abstract:
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We present an exertion interface called the Interactive Slide (Soler, Ferrer, Parés, 2009), a large inflatable slide augmented with virtual reality technology that offers the possibility to children to move freely in a large and diverse spatial area. Diversity of motor skills actions that children do while playing were analyzed with observational methodology and sequential analysis through temporal pattern detection (T-patterns) to obtain behavior motor responses. The results reveal that the strategic virtual games of this Interactive Slide stimulate a large number of motor skills and a rich variability of them. Thus, in a pedagogical sense, it optimizes body movement in children while exergaming. |
Abstract:
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Part of this project is funded by the grants from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation:/n“Method for the Control and Regulation of Physical Activity of Children through a Novel Platform for Full-body/nInteractive Experiences called the Interactive Slide” (CRAFTI), grant TIN2010-18268/n“Avances tecnológicos y metodológicos en la automatización de estudios observacionales en deporte”, grant/nPSI2008-01179/nWe also gratefully acknowledge the support of the Catalan government Project (GRID) (2009 SGR829). |
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-Exergaming -Motor skills -Temporal patterns -Embodied Interaction |
Rights:
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© Elsevier http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.11.046/nOpen access under CC BY-NC-ND license
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ |
Document type:
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Article Article - Published version |
Published by:
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Elsevier
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