The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of using procedural scaffoldings
in fostering students' group discourse levels and learning outcomes in a paper-plus …

Comprehension is the goal of reading. However, students often encounter reading
difficulties due to the lack of background knowledge and proper reading strategy …

This study explores digital and paper reading processes and outcomes for 371 fifth to eighth
graders completing a reading task similar to standardized testing. Results showed students …

Prior research identified that physical paper documents have many positive attributes, for
example natural tangibility and inherent physical flexibility. When documents are presented …

This paper examines some aspects of the usefulness of interactive tabletop systems, if and
how these impact collaboration. We chose creative problem solving such as brainstorming …

Although different types of touch surfaces have gained extensive attention in HCI, this is the
first work to directly compare them for two critical factors: performance and ergonomics. Our …

Consumers conducting comparison shopping, researchers making sense of competitive
space, and developers looking for code snippets online all face the challenge of capturing …

This paper examines accessibility issues of surface computing with older adults and
explores the appeal of surface computing for health care support. We present results from a …

We present G-nome Surfer 2.0, a tabletop interface for fostering inquiry-based learning of
genomics. We conducted an experimental study with 48 participants that compared students' …

Active reading, involving acts such as highlighting, writing notes, etc., is an important part of
knowledge workers' activities. Most computer-based active reading support seeks to …