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WIIS: multimodal simulation for exploring the world beyond visual sense

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Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems archive
Proceedings of the 27th international conference extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems table of contents

Boston, MA, USA

SESSION: Spotlight on work in progress session 2 table of contents

Pages 4699-4704

Year of Publication: 2009

ISBN:978-1-60558-247-4

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Minyoung Song	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Chris Quintana	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

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ACM: Association for Computing Machinery
SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

This paper describes a pilot study of a computer simulation called WIIS, which is designed to extend students' learning experience of the sizes of the objects beyond human vision. By interacting with a simulation that incorporates temporal, aural, and visual representation (TAVR), students are expected to refine their mental model of the sizes of the objects too small to see with human eyes (called submacroscopic objects). The goals of the study are to explore whether middle school students can understand TAVR in a simulation and how they use their experience of interacting with TAVRs to refine their mental model of the sizes of submacroscopic objects.

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