ERIC Number: ED625310
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Apr-20
Pages: 12
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Relevance for Whom, and How? A Design-Based Research Iteration Leveraging Context-Specific Virtual Reality 360 Videos
Boda, Phillip Andrew; Brown, Bryan A.
AERA Online Paper Repository, Paper prepared for the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Online, Apr 17-21, 2020)
Science achievement gaps exhibit racial disparities starting in primary grades and attitudes toward science have been shown to affect academic achievement and motivation. Leveraging the immersive nature of Virtual Reality 360 videos, we present a Design-based Research iteration testing how a novel technological-learning experience influenced our urban elementary students' attitudes toward science. Using a Two-Way MANCOVA analysis, the data support that our design iteration emphasizing "context-specific learning" can prime students that do not see science as relevant to them to change these attitudes. Implications are discussed related to relationality, technology use in urban schools, and local contexts as learning resources.
Descriptors: Scientific Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Computer Simulation, Urban Schools, Technology Uses in Education, Science Instruction, Educational Environment, Relevance (Education), Educational Technology
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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