BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Speaker Information:Nitasha Mathayas and David BrownDepartment of Curriculum &\; InstructionUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign With research showing that gesturing while speaking can facilitate learnin g\, it is worth investigating how motion sensing technology can leverage g esturing about complex scientific phenomena. In project GRASP\, we investi gate the role that gestures play in constructing explanations about critic al concepts in science. Specifically we work with middle school students t o help us understand how moving their hands can help them explain things s uch as what causes air pressure and how does heat transfer in metals. We a re also creating new computer simulations that can respond to students’ ge stures and allow students to become part of the simulation!\nFor this brow nbag session\, we have decided to take a "workshop" approach\, and give ev eryone the opportunity to interact with our simulation designs and share f eedback. In this workshop\, you will explore simulations depicting heat tr ansfer and air pressure\, and demonstrate learning opportunities from thes e simulations. We will also show you ways students have engaged with these simulations and discuss interactions that point to new ways of teaching s cience through simulations. We believe that this “hands in” approach to le arning will provide new opportunities for students to learn complex ideas and construct new explanations.\nGRASP is a NSF-funded collaboration betwe en the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Concord Consortium. (GestuRe Augmented Simulations for supporting exPlanations).Contact:Liz St ine-Morroweals@illinois.eduSponsor:Educational Psychology CSTL Division DTEND:20160329T190000Z DTSTAMP:20240328T152731Z DTSTART:20160329T173000Z LOCATION:IL\,USA\,Champaign SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:“Explanation and Embodiment in Middle School Students’ Development of Explanatory Models of Molecular Ideas” UID:RFCALITEM638472184517518066 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Speaker Information:< /p> | Nitasha Mathayas and David Brown |
With research showing that gestu ring while speaking can facilitate learning\, it is worth investigating ho w motion sensing technology can leverage gesturing about complex scientifi c phenomena. In project GRASP\, we investigate the role that gestures play in constructing explanations about critical concepts in science. Specific ally we work with middle school students to help us understand how moving their hands can help them explain things such as what causes air pressure and how does heat transfer in metals. We are also creating new computer si mulations that can respond to students’ gestures and allow students to bec ome part of the simulation!
\nFor this brownbag session\, we have de cided to take a "workshop" approach\, and give everyone the opportunity to interact with our simulation designs and share feedback. In this workshop \, you will explore simulations depicting heat transfer and air pressure\, and demonstrate learning opportunities from these simulations. We will al so show you ways students have engaged with these simulations and discuss interactions that point to new ways of teaching science through simulation s. We believe that this “hands in” approach to learning will provide new o pportunities for students to learn complex ideas and construct new explana tions.
\nGRASP is a NSF-funded collaboration between the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Concord Consortium. (GestuRe Augmented Simul ations for supporting exPlanations).
Contact: | Liz Stine-Morrow |
Sponsor: | Educational Psychology CSTL Division |