Shard elevator ride smartphone acceleration dataset with AIRIS-structured student guide¶

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Description¶

A concrete classroom task in which a smartphone recorded vertical acceleration during a downward elevator ride in the Shard (London) from floor 34 to the ground floor, held vertically against the elevator wall so only the y-component is meaningful. The dataset is released with the paper: "the dataset is provided with this paper, and the same AIRIS structure applies to any phenomenon that can be measured, modelled, and interpreted". Students predict, delegate visualization and integration to AI, then interpret and reflect.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

No access to the Shard or any moving vehicle is required because the dataset is supplied
Conceptual knowledge of acceleration, numerical integration, and kinematic relations must be established through prior instruction

Constraints¶

The sensor data required correction for a systematic offset, determined as the mean acceleration during the constant-velocity interval from 15 s to 20 s (a_offset = 0.042 m/s2)

Target Learners¶

introductory physics students

Learning Goals¶

characterizing motion from real acceleration data
relating a-t, v-t, and s-t representations

Claims¶

Patterns Used¶

AIRIS framework for cognitively activated AI augmentation: students predict, delegate visualisation and integration to AI, then interpret and reflect
Cognitive Activation: the prediction and interpretation steps keep the reasoning with the students while AI does the routine computation

Teacher as guardian of the AI task structure

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

Jochen Kuhn, Stefan Küchemann, David J. Rakestraw, & Patrik Vogt. (2026). It's Not the Tool, It's the Task: A Framework for Cognitively Activated AI Augmentation in Physics Instruction.

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`type`	`design`
`id`	`shard-elevator-acceleration-ai-task`
`title`	`Shard elevator ride smartphone acceleration dataset with AIRIS-structured student guide`
`description`	`A concrete classroom task in which a smartphone recorded vertical acceleration during a downward elevator ride in the Shard (London) from floor 34 to the ground floor, held vertically against the elevator wall so only...`
`status`	`review`
`generated`	by `process:settle-candidates` on `2026-10-10`
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`sources`	1 — `jochen-kuhn-2026`

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