Research On Interaction Design Of Game Application For Early Childhood Education Based On Piaget's Cognition Theory

This thesis carries out interaction design research on game applications for early childhood education,from the perspective of Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory.In this research,combining research methods including interviews and behavioral observations,it uses Piaget's cognitive schema model and Gagne's information processing model to guide theory deduction and to understand the characteristics of users' cognitive and behavioral demands.Moreover,the correlation between the user's mental model and the interaction design model is verified by matching experiment between mental model and interaction design model of products and the usability evaluation experiment based on comprehensive indicators.Based on this,a new idea of interaction design research for game applications in preschool education is proposed.The content of this study is mainly divided into the following four parts:The first part mainly deals with the research on game products in preschool education and the users' cognition attitude towards game application.Firstly,it explores the classification and characteristics of game products in early childhood education by studying the carrier types and characteristics of game products,in order to understand market status of products.Secondly,it carries out surveys on cognitive attitudes of parents,preschool teachers and product developers using kinds of research methods including desk research,questionnaire and interviews in order to obtain needs and expectations for products,and to provide ideas and methods for subsequent research.The core content of second part is to discover characteristics of preschool children's behavior.Firstly,it sorts out basic characteristics and cognitive development rules of target users based on Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory to clarify users'cognition and thinking characteristics/limitations.Secondly,apply Piaget's cognitive schema theory and information process theory to deconstruction and reconstruction of cognitive schema model and information processing model,and carry out discussion on correlation between cognition behavior and usage behavior.In addition,it explores the relationship among user's cognition behavior,usage behavior and game-related influences according to the Fogg's behavior model(FBM),which provides ideas for creation of subsequent user's mental models.In the third part,the relationship between the matching degree and usability is explored to verify the guiding significance of user's mental model to the interaction model,through the matching experiment between mental model and interaction design model,evaluation experiment for usability test.Firstly,by analyzing mental model of products used by preschool children and interaction model of products,the matching degree values between the two are discovered.Secondly,usability comprehensive evaluation values are determined according to evaluation indicators;Third,the verification of the relationship between the matching degree of mental model and usability is completed.Based on this,the new method of interaction design is proposed from the aspects of visual and auditory,tactile interaction and immersive experience.Based on the previous theoretical research results,the fourth part is to construct an optimization design view to guide the optimization design practice of game application for early childhood education.Under the guidance of cognitive thinking characteristics,usage behavior characteristics and interaction design methods,to complete the construction of interaction design model,the output of wireframe,high fidelity prototype and visual design.