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Snatch and Hatch: Improving Receptivity Towards a Nature of Science with a Playful Mobile Application

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Hussel Suriyaarachchi,

Suranga NanayakkaraAuthors Info & Claims

IDC '23: Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference

Pages 278 - 288

https://doi.org/10.1145/3585088.3589384

Published: 19 June 2023 Publication History

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Science literacy is an increasingly important skill in the 21st century. With engagement and motivation as vital precursors to learning science, we believe introducing children to playful interactions with scientific phenomena would improve their motivations and attitudes towards science. To investigate this, we developed a tablet application where children journey in a story-driven game to capture virtual creatures by manipulating the sound measured using the built-in microphone. This game was designed with feedback from 16 children and 10 parents. In this paper, we describe the iterative design process and findings in a multi-day study with 11 more children aged between 8 and 12. Children were motivated by the game, demonstrated a strong association between sound and its behaviour in the physical world, and expressed enthusiasm to learn more in the classroom.

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Snatch and Hatch: Improving Receptivity Towards a Nature of Science with a Playful Mobile Application
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
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Câmara Olim SCampos PNisi V(2024)Periodic Fable in the Wild: Bringing Chemical Elements to Life and Making Them Relatable to PreteensProceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference10.1145/3628516.3661164(973-975)Online publication date: 17-Jun-2024
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Stefanidi EWassmann JWoźniak PSpellmeyer GRogers YNiess J(2024)MoodGems: Designing for the Well-being of Children with ADHD and their Families at HomeProceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference10.1145/3628516.3655795(480-494)Online publication date: 17-Jun-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3628516.3655795
Chua YCooray SCortes JDenny PDupuch SGarbett DNassani ACao JQiao HReis AReis DScholl PSridhar PSuriyaarachchi HTaimana FTang VWeerasinghe CWen EWu MWu QZhang HNanayakkara S(2023)Striving for Authentic and Sustained Technology Use in the Classroom: Lessons Learned from a Longitudinal Evaluation of a Sensor-Based Science Education PlatformInternational Journal of Human–Computer Interaction10.1080/10447318.2023.222948540:18(5073-5086)Online publication date: 29-Jun-2023
https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2023.2229485

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