Data collection and graph generation using touchscreen technology

This thesis describes the design and implementation of the TouchGraph system, whose goal is to help students develop graphing skills by allowing them to record their own data and access the data of their classmates using touchscreen technology. Using these data, students will be able to practice organizing data by creating and labeling their own graphs, such as in the popular graphing software program TinkerPlots. In order to allow students to focus on interpretation of the data, the system can automatically generate the graphs, leaving the student to focus on noticing trends and patterns in the data. Once these graphs are created, they can be sent to the instructor via a classroom interaction system such as Classroom Learning Partner. This thesis describes the system, examples of its use, the design decisions that were made, user reactions, and future work.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2010

Author dc:creator

• Pope, John (John W.), Jr

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Kimberle Koile.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62665

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/62665