Exploring Sound to Enhance Learning of Abstract Science Concepts
Taciana Pontual Falcão, Sara A. Price · 2008
Auditory feedback plays an important role for many educational technologies. This work is part of an on-going study that aims to explore whether the aggregation of sound to visuals on a tabletop may enhance users ’ interaction and be beneficial for the learning of abstract science concepts. In this paper, we present findings from our initial study in which a number of sounds were elicited, and their mappings to scientific concepts were explored and verified, both with and without visuals. Issues were raised regarding attributes (like pitch), levels of abstraction, duration and continuity of sounds, as well as connection between sounds and visuals. Author Keywords Auditory feedback, tangible learning environments, science concepts. ACM Classification Keywords H5.2. Information interfaces and presentation: User