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Title: Can Instructional Prompts Support Effective Learner Behaviors with Tangible and Digital 3D Models?
This study investigated the impact of instructional prompts on how learners interacted with two forms of 3D models during a science education task: tangible (3D prints) or digital (desktop-based) 3D models of fossils from a natural history museum collection. Learners observed and reasoned with 3D models to answer a scientific question. Two forms of instructional prompts were compared: functional prompts to manipulate the models in ways that explored how the fossil may have functioned, and general prompts to manipulate the models in ways that help answer the scientific question. Results suggest that functional prompts encouraged different participant interactions with tangible models, but not with digital models.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1812844
PAR ID:
10262178
Author(s) / Creator(s):
;
Editor(s):
Gresalfi, M.; Horn, I. S.
Date Published:
Journal Name:
The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2020
Volume:
2
Page Range / eLocation ID:
839-840
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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