ERIC Number: EJ1381964
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-1049-4820
EISSN: EISSN-1744-5191
Let's Do the Time Warp Again -- Embodied Learning of the Concept of Time in an Applied School Setting
Interactive Learning Environments, v31 n1 p397-406 2023
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.
Descriptors: Human Body, Cognitive Processes, Time, Arithmetic, Concept Formation, Children, Handheld Devices, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Technology, Printed Materials, Childrens Attitudes, Learning Activities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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