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Thumbs-up scale and frequency of use scale for use in self reporting of children's computer experience

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A Computer Experience questionnaire was piloted with 49 children to validate two new scales of measurement, the Thumbs-Up Scale (TUS) and Frequency of Use Scale (FUS). TUS is a VAS (Visually Analogue Scale) designed to measure perceived skill levels. FUS is a Likert scale for measuring how often a device is used or an event occurs. The two scales gained high correlation with their respective validation measures (TUS r=.892, FUS r=.744) indicating that TUS and FUS can be used effectively with children as young as 7 years old.

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    NordiCHI '10: Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries
    October 2010
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    DOI:10.1145/1868914
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    1. Computer Experience
    2. Frequency of Use Scale
    3. Thumbs-Up Scale
    4. VAS
    5. children
    6. likert scale
    7. validating scales

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