Let’s do the time warp again – embodied learning of the concept of time in an applied school setting
Journal article
Loeffler, J., Raab, M. and Cañal-Bruland, R. (2020). Let’s do the time warp again – embodied learning of the concept of time in an applied school setting. Interactive Learning Environments. https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2020.1789669
Authors | Loeffler, J., Raab, M. and Cañal-Bruland, R. |
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Abstract | This article has been accepted for publication in Interactive Learning Environments, published by Taylor & Francis. Embodied Cognition approaches suggest that movements influence the understanding of abstract concepts such as time. It follows that moving the arms as watch hands should boost children’s learning to read the clock. In a school setting, we compared three learning conditions: an embodied (movement) condition, an interactive App condition, and a text condition. Age, self-reported enjoyment, and group size were controlled. In a clock-time-test, the embodied condition resulted in better performances than the mean of the other conditions in small, but not in large groups. This innovative, theory-informed approach may advance learning of abstract concepts in children. |
Keywords | Education; Computer Science Applications |
Year | 2020 |
Journal | Interactive Learning Environments |
Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
ISSN | 1049-4820 |
1744-5191 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2020.1789669 |
Funder/Client | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
Publication dates | |
Online | 11 Jul 2020 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 12 Jun 2020 |
Deposited | 15 Jun 2020 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Page range | 1-10 |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/89z4v
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Let's_do_the_time_warp_again_20190909_Editedraab.pdf | ||
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File access level: Open |
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