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Title: Embodied Cognition in Virtual Reality to Support Learning of Scale
This work-in-progress poster reports on the development process of a virtual environment to support embodied cognition about the scale of scientific entities from subatomic particles to galaxies. Research shows that learners struggle to comprehend the sizes of entities beyond human scale. In order to determine specific entities to use in the virtual environment, a document analysis of US K-undergraduate science education standards was undertaken. Entities, categories of entities, and ranges of sizes were identified.
Authors:
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Editors:
Chinn, C.; Tan, E.; Chan, C.; Kali, Y.
Award ID(s):
2055680
Publication Date:
NSF-PAR ID:
10333872
Journal Name:
Computersupported collaborative learning
ISSN:
1573-4552
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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