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| Abstract Title: | Coordinating epistemic frames in informal physics: Agency, support, and technology |
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| Abstract: | Informal physics environments present opportunities for youth to voluntarily engage with physics in a collaborative space. However, varying scientific experience and motivations that bring participants into this space require aligned expectations of both activities and tools to productively immerse themselves in physics learning. We initiate an investigation into the variables of agency, support, and technology that contribute to participant's dynamic epistemic framing of a virtually simulated learning environment within an afterschool physics environment. Specifically, we consider the use of PhET interactive simulations the PISEC physics program by middle-school students and their college-aged mentors. We analyzed video of small groups led by their mentors using simulations and analyzed individual's body language and vocalizations to identify their frames. Further, we determined when these frames appeared to be aligned or misaligned between group members during the activity, transitions between alignment and misalignment, investigating what contributions led to these shifts in alignment. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Session Time: | Poster Session II |
| Poster Number: | B20 |
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Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Brett Fiedler University of Colorado at Boulder 440 UCB Boulder, CO 80309 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Nicole Johnson, University of Colorado at Boulder Emily Moore, University of Colorado at Boulder |
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