News Finding: They plan to extend their mixed-reality game to different content areas to create a new educational system that bridges the advantages of physical and virtual worlds to improve children's science learning, understanding and enjoyment in a collaborative way.
Paper Finding: Another student cited that she thought this was like the next version of smart boards.
News Context: They also determined that simple physical controls like shaking the tablet or pushing the earthquake button did little to improve either learning or enjoyment of the game. "Mixed-reality games that support physical observation in the real world have a great potential to enhance learning and enjoyment for young children," the researchers say. They plan to extend their mixed-reality game to different content areas to create a new educational system that bridges the advantages of physical and virtual worlds to improve children's science learning, understanding and enjoyment in a collaborative way.
Paper Context: Another girl said: "I never thought something we do at school could be so much fun", while another stated: "I wish all our science classes were fun like this." Another student cited that she thought this was like the next version of smart boards. Many kids made comments indicating that the experience of seeing what actually happens in real life was better than having a computer tell them what is going to happen, which suggests that observing physical phenomena in the real world might be more believable, leading to more learning.