A Tangible System for Learning Relational Algebra
Keywords:
Tangible user interfaces, Relational algebra
Abstract
Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs) are those in which users interact with a digital system through the direct manipulation of physical objects (tokens). Tokens are directly linked to a certain data/functionality within the system, so manipulation of these objects affects the system behavior. This paper introduces TanQuery, a tangible system to support the process of learning Relational Algebra. TanQuery incorporates components to detect and track tokens, and to analyze and execute query trees. The system was tested by university students, and obtained results allowed to observe and analyze that students found this type of interface useful and pleasant.
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[4] P. Marshall, “Do tangible interfaces enhance learning?,” Proc. 1st Int. Conf. Tangible Embed. Interact. - TEI ’07, p. 163, 2007.
[5] A. Jofre, S. Szigeti, S. T. Keller, D. Czarnowski, F. Tomé, and S. Diamond, “A Tangible User Interface for Interactive Data Visualization,” 2015.
[6] B. Ullmer, H. Ishii, and R. J. K. Jacob, “Tangible Query Interfaces: Physically Constrained Tokens for Manipulating Database Queries,” Science (80-. )., vol. 3, no. c, pp. 279–286, 2003.
[7] R. Langner, “CubeQuery: Tangible Interface for Creating and Manipulating Database Queries,” pp. 423–426, 2014.
[8] D. C. Costa, “El modelo relacional y el álgebra relacional,” Barcelona, Eureca Media SL, p. 58, 2005.
[9] S. W. Dietrich, E. Eckert, and K. Piscator, “WinRDBI: A Windows-based Relational Database Educational Tool,” SIGCSE Bull., vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 126–130, 1997.
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[11] P. Mitra and F. Sadri, “Relational algebra learning tool,” Imp. Coll. London, 2009.
[12] Y. N. Silva and J. Chon, “DBSnap: Learning Database Queries by Snapping Blocks,” in Proceedings of the 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2015, pp. 179–184.
[13] O. Karpova, N. D. Souza, D. Horton, and A. Petersen, “RAPT : Relational Algebra Parsing Tools,” p. 2015, 2015.
[14] O. Shaer, N. Leland, E. Calvillo-Gamez, and R. K. Jacob, “The TAC paradigm: specifying tangible user interfaces,” Pers. Ubiquitous Comput., vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 359–369, Jul. 2004.
[15] P. Omar and S. Vásquez, “Infraestructura para el Desarrollo de Interfaces de Usuario Tangibles en Escritorios Inteligentes ,” 2017.
[16] M. Kaltenbrunner and R. Bencina, “reacTIVision: a computer-vision framework for table-based tangible interaction,” Proc. 1st Int. Conf. Tangible Embed. Interact., pp. 69–74, 2007.
[17] M. Kaltenbrunner, T. Bovermann, R. Bencina, and E. Costanza, “TUIO: A protocol for table-top tangible user interfaces,” Neuroinformatics, no. May 2005, pp. 1–5, 2005.
[18] B. Shneiderman, “The Dynamic HomeFinder : Evaluating Dynamic Queries in a Real-Estate Information Exploration,” 1992.
How to Cite
Xohua-Chacón, J. A., Benítez-Guerrero, E. I., & Mezura-Godoy, C. (2018). A Tangible System for Learning Relational Algebra. Revista Colombiana De Computación, 19(1), 39–55. https://doi.org/10.29375/25392115.3228
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2018-06-01
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