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DSD Cards - Overview

Developmentally Situated Design (DSD) Cards

There is a wealth of theoretical knowledge about the developmental abilities and skills of children. However, this knowledge is not readily accessible to designers of interactive products.The Developmentally Situated Design (DSD) cards are a design tool that makes age specific information about children’s developing cognitive, physical, social, and emotional abilities readily accessible for designers.

This page acts as an interactive access point to the deck. Below this overview section, you will find the cards categorized by theme and age.

Simply hover over each card to flip it over.

DSD Cards - Physical (5-6 years)

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DSD Cards - Physical (7-9 years)

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DSD Cards - Physical (10-12 years)

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DSD Cards - Social (5-6 years)

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DSD Cards - Social (7-9 years)

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DSD Cards - Social (10-12 years)

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DSD Cards - Emotional (5-6 years)

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DSD Cards - Emotional (7-9 years)

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Emotional - Understanding Empathy - 7_9.png

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DSD Cards - Emotional (10-12 years)

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Emotional - Emotional Regulation - 10_12.png

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DSD Cards - Cognitive (5-6 years)

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DSD Cards - Cognitive (7-9 years)

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DSD Cards - Cognitive (10-12 years)

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DSD CARDS BY TILDE BEKKER AND ALISSA ANTLE

Find Publication:

Tilde Bekker and Alissa N. Antle. 2011. Developmentally situated design (DSD): making theoretical knowledge accessible to designers of children's technology. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '11). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 2531–2540

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