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(a continuous and discrete rating scales based on a range from a deep frown to a
broad smile), the “Fun Sorter” (a scale for ranking items in order of which was
most fun), or the “Again-Again” scale, which asks children to indicate which activi-
ties they might like to repeat (Figure 8.3; Read and MacFarlane, 2006; Read et al.,
2002). Although potentially useful, these tools might be difficult to use reliably

Awful Not very good Good Really good Brilliant
(A)
Name of child.....................Age...........Boy / girl

Best Worst

Most
fun

(B)

Would you like to do it again?

Yes Maybe No

clock

drive

Name of child.....................Age...........Boy / girl
(C)
FIGURE 8.3
Questionnaire tools for assessing children's subjective responses to technology: (A) a
smileyometer preference scale, (B) a Fun Sorter for relative preference between options, (C)
an again-again scale for selecting which activities a child would like to repeat.
From Read, J.C., MacFarlane, S., 2006. Using the fun toolkit and other survey methods to gather opinions
in child computer interaction. Proceedings of the 2006 Conference on Interaction Design and Children,
Tampere, Finland. ACM, pp. 81–88; http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1139073.1139096.