Abstract
We investigate kinesthetic learning activities (KLAs) as a new learning technologies. Teachers may want to employ KLAs to have students use their own bodies in learning to construct an appropriate level of understanding of physics entities, interactions and representations. However, few studies have investigated what characterizes learning opportunities afforded through KLAs. Using a/v recordings, we investigate characteristics of two different KLAs: A pulling and a circular movement activity. In both activities, students enact Newtonian objects. Here we characterize typical levels of affordances: (1) Students 'oscillate' between playful behavior and focused reflective dialogue. (2) Students' ways to enact models afford opportunities for a teacher to ask questions that foster and direct further student engagement. (3) Students make sense of the KLAs by linking their intra- and interpersonal experiences to formal physics knowledge. Digital learning hardly affords the same opportunities as KLAs do for students to authentically arrive at bodily experiences.
| Translated title of the contribution | Træk, mærk og løb: Tegn på læring i kinæstetiske aktiviteter i fysik |
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| Original language | English |
| Publication date | 31 Aug 2014 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 31 Aug 2014 |
| Event | Physics Education Research Conference 2014: Outpacing New Technologies with Novel Pedagogies: The Role of PER in the Transforming Landscape of Higher Education - University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, United States Duration: 30 Jul 2014 → 31 Jul 2014 |
Conference
| Conference | Physics Education Research Conference 2014 |
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| Location | University of Minnesota - Twin Cities |
| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Minneapolis |
| Period | 30/07/2014 → 31/07/2014 |
Keywords
- Faculty of Science
- kinaestetic learning activiity
- physics education research