Name
Abstract | ||
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Electrical circuits are difficult to understand. Novices tend to have incorrect understandings of what happens at the level of atoms and electrons in a circuit, which leads to difficulty in understanding and predicting the outcomes of various electrical circuits. We are designing an interactive learning tool called Circuit in Pieces (CiP) that enables learners to interact with representations of electrical circuits at both a micro and a macro level. Using a research through design process that includes interviews and sessions with six students, we explore different approaches for interacting in and between levels. In this paper, we offer preliminary results and design implications for supporting switching between macro and micro level views. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2013 | 10.1145/2468356.2468478 | CHI Extended Abstracts |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
electrical circuit,micro level view,interactive learning tool,preliminary result,macro level,understanding electricity,design implication,design process,different approach,various electrical circuit,light bulb,incorrect understanding,electrical circuits,electricity,design,complex systems | Complex system,Interactive Learning,Electrical network,Computer science,Electricity,Incandescent light bulb,Human–computer interaction,Macro,Design process | Conference |
Citations | PageRank | References |
0 | 0.34 | 4 |
Authors | ||
5 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elham Beheshti | 1 | 14 | 3.55 |
| Colin Fitzpatrick | 2 | 0 | 1.01 |
| Alexis Hope | 3 | 73 | 7.13 |
| Anne Marie Piper | 4 | 586 | 47.70 |
| Michael S. Horn | 5 | 837 | 56.12 |