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DESCRIPTION:Speaker Information:Nitasha Mathayas and David BrownDepartment 
 of Curriculum &amp\; 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:20260813T150249Z
DTSTART:20160329T173000Z
LOCATION:IL\,USA\,Champaign
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SUMMARY:“Explanation and Embodiment in Middle School Students’ Development 
 of Explanatory Models of Molecular Ideas”
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<table><tbody><tr><td><p>Speaker Information:<
 /p></td><td><p><strong>Nitasha Mathayas and David Brown<br></strong>Depart
 ment of Curriculum &amp\; Instruction<br>University of Illinois at Urbana-
 Champaign</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>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!</p>\n<p>For 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.</p>\n<p>GRASP is a NSF-funded collaboration between the University 
 of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Concord Consortium. (<strong>G</strong
 >estu<strong>R</strong>e <strong>A</strong>ugmented <strong>S</strong>imul
 ations for supporting ex<strong>P</strong>lanations).</p><table><tbody><tr
 ><td><p>Contact:</p></td><td><p>Liz Stine-Morrow</p><p><a href="mailto:eal
 s@illinois.edu">eals@illinois.edu</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sponsor:</p>
 </td><td><p>Educational Psychology CSTL Division</p></td></tr></tbody></ta
 ble>
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