For round 3 of Hx testing, we tested Thaddeus (9 year old). We tested him on the story, circuits, pop-ups, and how our book compared to other books. By testing on a 9 year old, we will have tested on every age within our age range of 8-10 year olds; this allows us to even further confirm our age range.
From our testing with a 9 year old, we found that he also liked our book best out of the choices of a regular picture book, a regular pop-up book, and our pop-up circuit book. Thaddeus really enjoyed the interactivity elements our book provided that other books did not. He enjoyed the variety of audio, visual, and tactile interactivity. From all our interviews we have found that 3 out 3 children have liked our book the best, but we would still like to get more feedback.
In addition to our all of our project elements, we did ask our 9 year old about which narrator bee design he liked the best. He chose the bottom left honeycomb outline design. Combined with previous testing with two other kids we found that there was a 2:1 on liking that design. Due to the difficulty to find other children to test on, we have decided to go with this design because 2 out of 3 kids we tested on liked it best.
In regards to testing other children, we haven't had any luck. I did briefly talk with Dr. Zamore at CU Boulder, and they said they could possibly find more children for us to test on. I sent them an official email today explaining our project and when we would need testing done by. I am still waiting for a response.
Story:
Were there any parts or words that you had trouble understanding?
No.
What did you think of the story?
Enjoyed the story. Really liked the characters.
What was the message of the story? Do you think Willie did the right things to convince Bucky to be his friend?
Be kind to others. Don't be a bully. Yes!
What would you do in Willie's place if someone like Bucky was being mean to you?
Tell my family.
What do you think about Willie as a character? Is there anything you wish was different about him?
Nope. Enjoyed Willie as the main character.
Pop-ups:
What do you think about the look of the characters? The objects?
"I like this is fun!"
How do you like the layout of the pop-ups on the page?
Really enjoys the pop-ups!
Do you wish anything was different about the pop-ups?
The carrot tabs are hard to get back in once pushed up (make the arrow tabs longer).
Put words for the story on the chalkboard for the classroom page.
Circuits:
How easy was it to make the LEDs light up and make the phone buzz? Did you know what to do without instructions?
"I like how you press the bee and make the phone buzz."
“If a kid bought this it would be really surprising and fun.”
How do you feel about interacting with the pages this way? Is there anything that you wish you could do with the page? (such as moving/changing objects or characters?)
Loves the interactions we already have.
Have you ever interacted with a book like this before? Would you like to have books like this?
Has not interacted with a book like ours before. Would love to see more books like this.
Have you ever interacted with a circuit before now? What do you know about circuits? Does the popup interaction book make you want to learn more about circuits?
Has never learned with circuits before, but after reading this book he would like to learn more.
Book Comparison:
Which book style do you like best? Which book do you think you would enjoy reading the most?
“I like the circuit book the best because it has a lot of things the other pop up book doesn’t have” (loves the interactions).
What did you like about the popups and interactions in the regular pop up book? Didn't like?
“I like how it shows different colors of the monsters”
Enjoys the motions and animations of the monsters.
