MoSo tangibles: evaluating embodied learning

Type: conference paper

Authors: Saskia Bakker, Elise van den Hoven, Alissa N. Antle

Abstract
Using tangible interaction in interactive educational systems can benefit learning. This can be supported by relying on experientially originating schemata in the interaction design of learning systems. This paper presents the design and evaluation of MoSo Tangibles, a set of interactive, physical artifacts with which children manipulate the pitch, volume and tempo of ongoing tones, in order to structure their understanding of these abstract sound concepts in terms of multiple different concrete body-based concepts. The results indicate that MoSo provided children with a physical handle to reason about the targeted abstract concepts.

URL: http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1935701.1935720

Associated tags
metadata ▸ material ▸ MoSo Tangibles
metadata ▸ contribution ▸ Evaluation
metadata ▸ year ▸ 2011
technological dimension ▸ applications ▸ Tangible computing
technological dimension ▸ input technologies ▸ Tangibles, wearables
technological dimension ▸ system outputs ▸ Audio
musical dimension ▸ activities ▸ Creating
pedagogical dimension ▸ learning theories ▸ Constructivism
pedagogical dimension ▸ users ▸ Pre-school, primary
pedagogical dimension ▸ venues ▸ Lab