Development and Evaluation on Tangible Learning System to Cultivate Learners' Spatial Thinking Skills

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350337
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational technology
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: MORITA Yusuke 早稲田大学, 人間科学学術院, 准教授 (20314891)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KITAZAWA Takeshi 東京学芸大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (80453033)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 教材開発 / 空間的思考力 / 科学 / 天体 / タンジブルユーザインタフェース

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to cultivate students' spacial thinking skills using Tangible Learning System. First, some learning domain were chosen from Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education area. In this research, we focused on the lunar phases in Science. Then, the Tangible Learning System, which was developed based on the idea of Tangible User Interface, was reconsidered. 26 who want to be teachers were participated in a class using Tangible Learning System, and compared the top camera method and under camera method. Also we analyzed the effects on the system to cultivate spatial thinking skills.As a result, there are relationships between students' understanding on the phenomena and their spatial thinking skills. One of the future work is to developed learning systems more practical in the K-12 classroom.

Free Research Field

教育工学