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Guiding without feeling guided: Implicit scaffolding through interactive simulation design
written by Ariel Paul, Noah S. Podolefsky, and Katherine Perkins
While PhET interactive simulations (sims) were historically designed for college students, they are used at lower grade levels, and we are currently developing sims targeted at middle school (MS). In studying how MS students interact with and learn from these sims, we have been extracting insights about design for the middle-grade-levels and across K-16. This collection of work has highlighted the importance of implicit scaffolding, a design framework that reduces the amount of explicit instruction needed to facilitate learning. We present a case study of redesigning a sim – Energy Skate Park (ESP) – for effective use in MS. We conducted think-aloud interviews with MS students to identify successful features, sources of confusion or unproductive distraction, as well as features inconsistent with grade-appropriate learning goals. Drawing on these data and the principle of implicit scaffolding, we developed Energy Skate Park Basics (ESPB). Interviews on ESPB demonstrate increased usability and learning for MS students.
Physics Education Research Conference 2012
Part of the PER Conference series
Philadelphia, PA: August 1-2, 2012
Volume 1513, Pages 302-305
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Education Foundations
- Problem Solving
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Education Practices
- Instructional Material Design
= Simulation
- Technology
= Multimedia
- Middle School
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© 2012 American Institute of Physics
DOI:
10.1063/1.4789712
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1020362
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01.40.Fk
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Keywords:
Computer simulations, Epistemology, PERC 2012, PhET, representations, scaffolding, tools
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A. Paul, N. Podolefsky, and K. Perkins, Guiding without feeling guided: Implicit scaffolding through interactive simulation design, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2012, Philadelphia, PA, 2012, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12838&DocID=3371>.
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Paul, A., Podolefsky, N., & Perkins, K. (2012, August 1-2). Guiding without feeling guided: Implicit scaffolding through interactive simulation design. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2012, Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12838&DocID=3371
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Paul, A, N. Podolefsky, and K. Perkins. "Guiding without feeling guided: Implicit scaffolding through interactive simulation design." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2012, Philadelphia, PA, August 1-2, 2012. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12838&DocID=3371 (accessed 28 March 2024).
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Paul, Ariel, Noah S. Podolefsky, and Katherine Perkins. "Guiding without feeling guided: Implicit scaffolding through interactive simulation design." Physics Education Research Conference 2012. Philadelphia, PA: 2012. 302-305 Vol. 1513 of PER Conference. 28 Mar. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12838&DocID=3371>.
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