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| Abstract Title: | Virtual Reality as a Teaching Tool for Moon Phases and Beyond |
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| Abstract: | A ball on a stick, a common and simple demo for teaching the phases of the Moon. This demo, like many others in physics and astronomy, gives students a perspective they otherwise could only imagine. For Moon phases, a 3rd person view and control over time allows students to rapidly build a mental model that connects all the moving parts. Computer simulations of many traditional physics and astronomy demos provide new features, controls, or vantage points to enhance learning beyond a hands-on demo. Virtual reality provides the capabilities of computer simulations and the embodied cognition of a hands-on experience making it a natural step to improve learning. We recreated the traditional ball-and-stick moon phases demo in virtual reality and compare the learning gains using this simulation with those using traditional methods. Our study will inform on the benefits and compromises to be had using virtual reality as a teaching tool. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Session Time: | Poster Session I |
| Poster Number: | A52 |
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Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Jack Madden Cornell University 114 Walnut Street Ithaca, NY 14850 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Name: Natasha Holmes Institution: Cornell University Name: Andrea Stevenson Won Institution: Cornell University Name: Jonathon Schuldt Institution: Cornell University Name: Byungdoo Kim Institution: Cornell University Name: Swati Pandita Institution: Cornell University Name: Yilu Sun Institution: Cornell University |
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