Post-interviews with props and embodiment revealed understanding of macro–micro particle changes that the multiple-choice post-test did not capture.¶

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q2 i? On the two most difficult multiple-choice questions about how particle behaviors reflect macro-state changes, only two students answered correctly on the post-test, while 12 demonstrated the same understanding in the post-interview. → Xintian Tu 2023

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Xintian Tu 2023¶

Xintian Tu, Joshua Danish, Megan Humburg, Mengxi Zhou, Nitasha Mathayas, Noel Enyedy, Tessaly Jen. (2023). Understanding young children’s science learning through embodied communication within an MR environment. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning 18:231–258. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-023-09395-z

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Descriptive comparison of student performance on the two most difficult multiple-choice items (Q11 and Q13, concerning energy-level impacts on particle behavior) against matched interview questions, part of the study's descriptive statistics of pre- and post-assessments. No effect size is printed; the contrast is descriptive, not a tested difference.

"For each question, only two students were able to answer correctly in the post-test. However, in the post-interview, 12 students demonstrated their understanding of the same concepts."

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