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DOI： 10.14935/jssej.46.384

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DOI： 10.14935/jssep.46.0_363

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With the advance of computer technology in recent years, the use of ICT has become widespread in science and science education. Research on learning support systems is also being actively pursued in Japan, and practical research has shown its effectiveness. Therefore, we thought that learning could be further advanced by developing a learning support system incorporating two elements, collaboration, and sensing technology. For that purpose, we developed a quiz game-type system that allows three people to learn about the conditions of germination and growth of plants. Experiments were performed on 5th and 6th-grade primary school students who had learned about germination and growth conditions, and 3rd and 4th-grade primary school students who had not learned about germination and growth conditions. As a result, it was suggested that the developed system can advance learning about germination and growth conditions of plants while collaborating. Future research will be required to investigate to what extent this system can promote collaboration among experienced persons by conducting a contrast experiment.

DOI： 10.14935/jssej.45.32

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DOI： 10.14935/jssep.45.0_399

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Playing is essential for a child's development, and it has various positive effects. In particular, playing with toys enhances children's imagination. In recent years, children have been tending to play with smart toys equipped with built-in computers, which present various advantages that leverage their digital characteristics. For example, smart toys can provide augmented reality functionalities through which digital information can be added to physical reality. These characteristics offer an important benefit of stimulating the interest and presence of children. However, wearable devices may be required to realize this. Wearable devices are ineffective when people do not own or cannot wear them. Therefore, we developed a system that stimulates the imagination and interest of children in playing without any wearable devices. Our system projects animal footprints onto the floor, encouraging children to play with invisible animals based on their imagination from the footprints. The footprints respond to the children's movements. To evaluate the developed system, we conducted several experiments with children. First, we investigated the fundamental effects of the system on elementary school students. Then, we investigated the different effects of various interactions. Our experimental results showed that the developed system encourages the imagination of children while playing.

DOI： 10.1016/j.ijcci.2021.100407

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DOI： 10.5220/0010473703470351

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DOI： 10.1007/978-3-030-58805-2_19

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Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：Society of Japan Science Teaching  

DOI： 10.11639/sjst.sp19006

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DOI： 10.5220/0009425004280435

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DOI： 10.1109/ICST46873.2019.9047711

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Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (international conference proceedings)   Publisher：IEEE  

DOI： 10.1109/ICST46873.2019.9047743

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DOI： 10.1109/ICST46873.2019.9047716

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Language：Esperanto   Publishing type：Research paper (international conference proceedings)   Publisher：IEEE  

DOI： 10.1109/ICST46873.2019.9047686

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DOI： 10.1109/ICST46873.2019.9047675

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DOI： 10.1145/3341215.3356279

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DOI： 10.5220/0007753404210427

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DOI： 10.3390/s19051172

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Language：Japanese   Publisher：一般社団法人 日本科学教育学会  

科学に興味を持ってもらうために，博物館での学習は重要である．現在の博物館で使用されている学習コンテンツとして，音声ガイドや館内展示，展示案内パンフレットがある．しかし，これらのコンテンツでは，聴覚障害のある生徒が主体的に学習に取り組むことはできない．そこで著者らは，聴覚障害のある生徒の博物館学習を支援するために，聴覚情報に依存せず主体的に取り組むことができる学習支援システムを開発した．このシステムでは，視覚情報を用いて，体を使い，生徒同士で協同するクイズゲームによって，植物の発芽条件と成長条件について学ぶことができる．また著者らは第一段階として，野田市立山崎小学校の聴覚障害のない生徒に対し，このシステムを評価するための実験を行った．実験の結果から，このシステムが植物の発芽条件および成長条件に関する体験者の知識を定着させることを確認した．

DOI： 10.14935/jssep.43.0_121

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DOI： 10.14935/jssep.43.0_648

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若林和也; 都倉さゆり; 山口 悦司; 坂本 美紀; 山本智一; 稲垣 成哲<br />
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DOI： 10.14935/jsser.33.2_123

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DOI： 10.1109/ICSensT.2018.8603651

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DOI： 10.1109/ICSensT.2018.8603609

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Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (international conference proceedings)   Publisher：IEEE  

DOI： 10.1109/ICSensT.2018.8603589

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In the recent decades, satoyama, which comprise diverse ecosystem services that support sustainable society and living, are being been depopulated and deteriorated. Therefore, changing people's perception about satoyama is imperative to address the above mentioned problem. It has been shown that experiential learning and understanding the changes in satoyama, which form the basis of the ecosystem and biodiversity, are necessary. However, since vegetation succession, which is a key concept of satoyama, can only be visualized on a large time scale, even if outdoor learning is conducted, it is difficult for students to grasp and comprehend the changes. Therefore, the development of a simulation based learning material that enables the student to comprehend vegetation succession is required. In this study, we developed a game that simulates about 300 years Satoyama management. We also evaluated the proposed game, by asking 16 elementary school children to experience the game; their improvement in understanding of satoyama was and evaluated based on a pre-test and post-test questionnaire. The results show that the proposed game enables students to recognize the importance of satoyama management and biodiversity.

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We developed and evaluated animation-based learning contents for supporting scientific observations of animals in zoos. The contents provide the viewpoints of scientific observation. In order to evaluate whether the contents support observation, we developed cases of contents for observable features and behaviors of the hind flippers, noses, and claws of seals, and implemented a workshop for parents and children. The participants of the workshop were 15 parent-child pairs. Their average age was 7.0 years (SD = 2.0). We analyzed the video data of these 15 parent-child pairs’ observations using the contents. The results show that most parent-child pairs were able to observe the seals’ features and/or behavior using animation-based learning contents.

DOI： 10.14935/jssej.42.210

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Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (international conference proceedings)   Publisher：Springer  

DOI： 10.1007/978-3-319-94277-3_60

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DOI： 10.1007/978-3-319-98743-9_9

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DOI： 10.5220/0006768703360341

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DOI： 10.5220/0006665800220027

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DOI： 10.14935/jsser.28.7_45

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DOI： 10.1007/978-3-030-21151-6_1

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DOI： 10.1109/ICSensT.2017.8304443

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Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (international conference proceedings)   Publisher：ASIA PACIFIC SOC COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION  

This paper presents a support system to assist learning in museums. Museums are important places for children to learn about science. At present, the main learning methods in museums involve the study of various displays and their explanations. The opportunities for user to observe or experience the environment about which they are learning are limited. It is difficult for children to learn and comprehend paleontological environments. Therefore, in this study, we work towards the development of a body experience-based learning support system that is applicable to museums. In an initial step toward realizing an immersive learning support system in museums, Yoshida et al. proposed a prototype system. However, users carry out all the learning with that same body movement. On the other hand, in our proposed system, users can learn about paleontology using various body movements and complicated body movements that are characteristic to paleontology. This enhances the sense of immersion in the paleontological environment by incorporating body movement as an observation behavior of paleontology. In addition, the user's involvement in learning and motivation to participate are improved, and the effectiveness of the individuals' learning process is improved because they can comprehend the various body movements of extinct animals. In this study, proposed immersive learning support system is applied to the fossil exhibition at a museum. In addition, the evaluation of user questionnaires were conducted with the objective of clarifying whether the proposed system can provide learners with a realistic paleontological observation experience.

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DOI： 10.14935/jsser.32.5_37

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Global environmental problems have worsened in the recent years. Children need to cope with this situation by learning about global environmental issues in a realistic manner. For children to understand more about global environmental issues, it is important for them to learn from textbooks and teachers and also actually experience these learned things. However, phenomena occurring in a large time scale are difficult to experience in reality. One of them is vegetation succession. Vegetation succession occurs in a large time scale. Hence, it is difficult for children to experience changes in vegetation even if they do field work. In this study, the authors try to solve the abovementioned problem by developing a game that can support children's learning of the vegetation succession in Japan. Children can simulate the management of SATOYAMA when they play this game. SATOYAMA is a forest which has been used by humans, between nature and a village. When a player selects an action within a predetermined time, a change caused by the action occurs in SATOYAMA. The status of the managed SATOYAMA compared with the ideal SATOYAMA state is scored at the end of the game. By doing so, children can intuitively understand the state of the SATOYAMA they managed. The results obtained from 38 children, who participated in this experiment, suggested that this game would make children interested in vegetation succession and encourage learning.

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DOI： 10.14935/jsser.32.5_73

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Tanaka et al. (2017) developed a system using animation to help children observe the anatomy and behaviors of animals in zoos. A zoo is an informal learning place providing children a chance to observe animals scientifically and systematically. However, most zoos fail to support the observation of animals, and hence there is a need for more research on supporting observation in zoos. Animation is a useful tool to support observation of animal behaviors. The system developed by Tanaka et al. (2017) supported children in noticing not only the outward features and behaviors of animals but also their anatomies and movements. A workshop was held at Kobe Municipal Oji Zoo in Japan, in which children used the system to observe how penguins swim and walk and to note the features of the bones in their legs and flippers. The participants were 19 children, average age 8.1 years (SD = 0.6). In this paper, we examined the percentages of children's scientific answers to questions incorporated in the prediction, observation, and subsequent interview one month after the workshop. There were four questions on swimming, walking, leg bones, and flipper bones. Each question had three choices. The percentage of scientific answers during prediction, observation, and interview was different for each item. This system was effective for some items, but not for all. In future work, we need to improve the contents and the animations of this system.

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DOI： 10.1109/ICSensT.2017.8304440

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Language：Japanese   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：ヒューマンインタフェース学会  

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This study tested and evaluated two functions developed as a part of the balloon-type caption display system in a universal puppetry. Two functions are the automatic location-determining function and the emotional expression function. The automatic locationdetermining function is feature that make captions positioned according to the positions in which the puppets move. And emotional expression function changes the shape of balloons that represents emotions such as joy, anger, sadness, and pleasure. We conducted the evaluation experiment. Participants are fifteen students with hearing impairments from the elementary school of deaf. The result shows the effectiveness of the automatic location-determining function and the emotional expression function as a means to compensate for vocal information in puppetry for hearing impaired children.

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DOI： 10.11639/sjst.15033

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In this study, we developed two features of the balloons presentation of the universal puppetry system for appreciation by people with hearing-impairment. One of the developed feature is the automatic follow-up feature for balloon dialogues. This is a feature of measuring the body position information of the doll operator and determining the presentation position of the balloons based on the information. Anoter is the balloon presentation feature of expression emotions. This is a feature of changing the size and form of the balloon in order to express the character's emotions. These are expected that possible to reduce the possibility that the shade of the doll obstructs reading of the balloons. We conducted the evaluation experiment with the university student with the hearing impaired. Analysis of the results showed that the automatic follow-up feature can help people with hearingimpaired understand the contents of the balloon, simultaneously recognize it with the behavior of the doll, identified which character is speaking. And these also showed that the balloon presentation feature of expression emotions can help people with hearing-impaired understand the character's emotions.

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DOI： 10.14935/jssep.41.0_467

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This paper describes the relationship between visual attention and eye blink frequency. In an experiment, we prompted the activation of a subject's visual attention and examined the influence of visual attention (as measured using electrodermal activity (EDA), which is meaningfully correlated with visual attention) on the subject's eye blink frequency. Experimental results show that engagement of visual attention decreased eye blink frequency and that when visual attention was not activated, eye blink frequency increased. Knowledge of this relationship provides a technique using EDA to objectively determining a subject's visual attention status.

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There is an increasing amount of research and practice in relation to socioscientific issues (SSI) in science education. This study reviewed empirical studies evaluating learners&#039; thinking, that is, decision making, informal reasoning, and argumentation regarding SSI, and examined the analytic frameworks used in the studies. A search for relevant articles was conducted mainly i

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本研究では，大学生を対象に，科学技術の社会問題(SSI)に対する思考を論述課題により調査した．具体的な個別状況を描写したシナリオを提示し，SSIに対する立論と反論を記述させ，アーギュメント構造の観点から，論証構造の複雑さとアーギュメントの多視点性を評価した．どちらの観点でも，反論生成の難しさが明らかになるとともに，立論においても，限定詞や反駁など多様な構成要素を利用したアーギュメントや，複数の証拠を利用して複雑な正当化を行うアーギュメントは，多くないことが示された．

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In this paper, we estimate the eye gaze by using the face direction to estimate the object of interest in an extensive area such as an educational display or museum exhibit. However, the direction of the gaze may differ from that of the face. Therefore, our approach was to use a method that utilizes both the face and eye directions to improve the accuracy of our estimation compared to only using the face direction. The first part of our study involved apprehending the relationship between the direction of the face and the eyes. The second part entailed estimating the eye gaze using this relationship. We then evaluated the effectiveness of this method in comparison to using the relationship with the face direction only.

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<p>The objective of the present study is to focus on the "node compression" method (Saito & Tonishi, 2008) proposed in concept mapping research, and to develop software for creating concept maps that support this method. A node compression function has been newly implemented in Inagaki et al. (2001)'s software "Undo-Kun." We carried out a practical evaluation of the software for use in science classes. In the practical evaluation, we examined the classes that used the newly developed concept mapping software with the node compression function in comparison with a control group of classes that used paper-based concept maps. The results showed the concept mapping software with the node compression function improved the user-friendliness of node compression and encouraged the activation of learners' metacognition, and also, deepened the understanding of the learning activity "node compression", in comparison with paper-based concept mapping. </p>

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There is a wide range of research about souy, but there is very little research that targets those with hearing-impaired person. To address this problem, we have developed a device called KIKIVIBE. This device converts audio informationnd and vibration including characteristics extraction to virtual reality and music therap into vibrations that can be felt with the use of the 5 fingers. With 5 actuators, it is possible to feel the different vibration frequencies on each finger. The piezoelectric elements used in this device can generate frequencies between 100Hz to 40KHz, and since it is suitable for producing low frequencies it is possible to feel the audio information as vibrations. By developing this work, we can expect to see an improvement in the rhythm perception of those who are hearing impaired, while also seeing its benefits in music education.

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Various factors are believed to cause blinking. One of these factors is attention. However, the relationship between blinking and attention has not yet been elucidated. In this study, we focus on electrodermal activity (EDA) to demonstrate this relationship. EDA is an electrical phenomenon involving the glandular releasing of sweat that is caused by mental excitement or strain. We employ EDA to quantify attention as a means to elucidate the blinking-attention relationship. We conduct an experiment based on EDA and present the results to verify this relationship.

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In this study, we developed a full-body interaction game that assists children with hearing disabilities in experiencing a puppet show by immersing in it. The full-body interaction game presents a type of puppet show that offers opportunities for the audience to interact with the drama. It is designed so that children with hearing disabilities can participate through known communicative movements
it allows children to easily grasp how their movements affect the progress of the story. The experiment results indicate that participating children enjoy the interaction game, and that the system allows the world of the story in the puppet show seem more real.

DOI： 10.1007/978-3-319-39672-9_3

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In this paper, we develop a collaborative/interactive learning game for deaf children. We developed two separate activities for the proposed game: 'jumping' and 'filling in the blanks'. These two activities are described in detail. Because deaf children tend to find it difficult to acquire voice information, we examined a system that supports the construction of an environment for deaf children in which collaborative learning is encouraged from the perspective of science education. The results of an evaluation confirm that the proposed game encourages collaborative learning among deaf children and improves their motivation to learn grammar.

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Many collision accidents between operators and machine tools are reported. However, no effective way of preventing these accidents has been proposed to date. Therefore, the authors propose the implementation of a danger decision by measuring the human posture and face direction. By performing a danger decision, the authors aim to realize the effective prevention of collision accidents. The posture and face direction were measured by using a Kinect sensor, which has the ability to obtain information about the posture and face direction. This paper presents the results of experiments aimed at examining whether it is possible to realize a danger decision. The experimental results confirm the feasibility of using a danger decision based on the measurement of the operator's posture and face direction.

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With a goal of advancing human-machine collaboration, we propose a method to recognize a laughing voice. A previous study that proposed a laughing voice recognition method was based on the periodic waveform feature of the laughing voice. However, identifying laughing voices from waveforms is problematic, because this can result in false positive results. To overcome this problem, we propose a laughing voice recognition method that incorporates a voice-likeness feature. In addition, we make a laughing voice recognition system using our proposed method. To confirm the efficacy of the laughing voice recognition method, we evaluated this system. In our evaluation, we were able to correctly recognize laughing voice at a high success rate of 97%. In comparison with the previous study, the recognition rate improved by 18%; therefore, our proposed method can be considered an effective in recognizing laughing voice.

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In this study, we present a museum exhibit guide system that uses a tangible user interface: Live Biblia. Based on the visitor's learning interests, museum exhibits are sorted and mapped by the system. Thus, it is possible to create a unique viewing map for the visitor, unrestricted by the existing exhibit environment. We describe the development and evaluation of the implemented Live Biblia prototype, which provides exhibit information based on selected material objects. We conducted evaluation experiments to examine the system's effectiveness. The results suggest that the interface prototype using physical objects spurred participants' interest in paleontology and facilitated effective museum exhibit learning. Additionally, we found that presenting information in the prototype animation aroused the participants' motivation to learn and supported the viewing of not only the single fossil object but also the related museum exhibits.

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In this study we have developed a puppet shows system for hearing-impaired children. It is difficult for hearing-impaired children to experience a puppet show. One of the reasons that hearing-impaired children have difficulty experiencing a puppet show is because the performance is a collaborative interaction experience. Collaborative interaction experiences encourage immersive viewing toward an empathetic understanding of the characters. This paper aims to design a collaborative interaction experience function for hearing-impaired children. This function provides collaborative interaction for the audience to work with the characters to resolve issues in the story by using body motion. From the results of the evaluation experiment, we understood that the collaborative interaction experience function generally supported an immersive puppet show experience for the audience.

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Worldwide, scientific inquiry is a highly valued outcome in science education. Asking questions is the leading element of scientific inquiry
however, it is not easy for students to generate scientific questions, especially questions inspired by a theory's predictions. The present study examines an instructional intervention that aimed to enhance elementary school students' generation of theory-inspired questions. The topic of the curricular unit was combustion. Two studies were done, both using a pre-, mid-, post-design. In Study 1, 3 classes of sixth-grade students (N = 115) collaboratively engaged in inquiry-based learning in order to promote scientific thinking
they repeatedly explored and explained specific combustion phenomena, using theory. In Study 2, 3 classes of sixth-grade students (N = 117) engaged in inquiry-based learning with question-centered instruction. The results from written assessment tasks indicated that the level of student-generated questions improved from pre- to post-test in both studies, and that the students in Study 2 showed greater improvement than did those in Study 1. These results suggest that interventions including inquiry-based learning with question-centered instruction may effectively promote elementary school sixth graders to ask theory-inspired questions.

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This study proposes an observation guide to support zoo visitors' scientific observation of animals in motion by providing viewpoints through animations. One of the difficulties that visitors experience when observing animals is that they do not sufficiently understand the functions and behavior of the body parts of the animal they are seeing. The guide aims to enhance visitors' understanding by resolving this issue through the use of animations of the functions and behaviors of parts of animals' bodies. To evaluate the guide, we had kindergarteners and elementary school students use its contents on seals while observing their hind flippers, noses, and claws at the Asahiyama Zoo. Our finding was that the guide was an effective means to enhance the children's understanding of the functions and behaviors of these parts of the body.

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We are developing an immersive learning support system for paleontological environments in museums. The system measures the physical movement of the learner using a Kinect sensor, and provides a sense of immersion in the paleontological environment by adapting the surroundings according to these movements. As the first step toward realizing an immersive learning support system for museums, Yoshida et al. developed and evaluated a prototype system. However, their system cannot learn about certain paleontological features such as the names of extinct animals and their characteristics. Therefore, we developed an improved version of this system that allows for an enriched knowledge of paleontological environments, focusing in particular on extinct animals and plants and the ecological environment. Here, we evaluate the system's learning assistant and immersive features insofar as they are directed toward children in primary school. This paper summarizes the current system and describes the evaluation results.

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We have developed a full-body interaction game that allows children to cooperate and interact with other children in small groups. The intent of the full-body interaction game developed in this study is to encourage cooperation between children. The game requires two children to jump together with the same timing. We let children experience the game, and observed the children using several strategies to coordinate the timing of their jumps. These included shouting time, watching each other, and jumping in a constant rhythm as if they were skipping rope. In this manner, we observed the children playing the game while cooperating with each other. Therefore, the game enabled children to experience cooperation with others by using body movements.

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We are developing an art-appreciation system that will provide learning information about pictures while generating interest in the pictures themselves. This system can provide learning information on pictures by talking to an artist or people portrayed in the pictures using voice recognition. Furthermore, the system operates through movement and location of the user, and it generates sensation such that the user feels he/she is in the pictures, thus actively appreciating the pictures. As the first step toward this system, we have developed a system that provides learning information to the user by actively talking using ukiyo-e. Here, we quantitatively evaluate this system for primary schoolchildren and determine whether the user is interested in the pictures while talking to the pictures using voice recognition measured by electrodermal activity. In this paper, we summarize the current system and describe two evaluation results.

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We have developed a full-body interaction game that allows children to cooperate and interact with other children in small groups. The aim of the game developed in this study is to encourage cooperation between children. The game requires two children to jump together at the same time. In a series of experiments, we observed children using several strategies to coordinate the timing of their jumps, such as shouting to one another and watching each other. The results of a questionnaire to evaluate the proposed interactive game indicate that children strategize to cooperate with each other while enjoying the game. Therefore, the game enables children to cooperate with others using bodily movements.

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This paper proposes a method for separating the voice of a signal person from the voices of multiple speakers' in a mixed recording. When the sounds of multiple speakers are present when a voice recognition system is operating, the quality of speech recognition decreases. The proposed method separates the sound of multiple speakers using signal processing techniques and a microphone array. The position of the speaker is also required; however, the microphone array cannot be used for this purpose. Consequently, the position of the speaker was determined using the Kinect V2 depth image sensor. An experiment was performed to separate a signal voice from many voices. The results of the experiment show that, it is possible to separate two voices using the proposed technique

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科学技術の社会問題(SSI)を扱った実践や研究が増加している。本研究ではこのうち，SSIに対する思考、特に意思決定や推論を評価した研究に焦点を当て，使用された評価フレームワークを概観する。主要学術雑誌に掲載された近年のSSI研究14編をレビューした結果，SSIに関する思考の評価フレームワークは，次の3タイプに大別できた。(1)思考の内容：SSIに関する思考に影響を及ぼす要因を思考の内容から捉えるもの，(2)思考の質：アーギュメント構造の観点から思考の質を評価するもの，(3) 思考の内容と質の併用：思考の内容と思考の質を総合的に評価しようとするものである。研究事例の比較検討から，以下のことが明らかになった。思考の内容の評価観点としては，Sadlerらによる推論パターンと，社会志向，科学技術志向といったカテゴリーによって推論の内容を評価する推論モードの2

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The purpose of this study was to develop the design elements of teaching strategies in order to foster students' ability to construct an argument based on multiple reasoning and to clarify the effectiveness of their design elements. Design elements are guidelines that encourage reflective teaching strategies in science lessons. In this study, three design elements were specified for the lesson preparation phase, and seven design elements were specified for the implementation phase. The lesson was a sixth grade science unit on the nutrition of plants, and the class was taught in a way that guided the students to discover how plants obtain nutrients. In order to evaluate whether the students'ability to construct an argument improved through the lesson that reflected the design elements, two evaluation tasks were given to students: to write an argument on the lesson content, and another argument on a lesson already learned. The results of the former showed that more than 80% of the students were able to construct an argument based on multiple reasoning. Furthermore, the results of the latter showed that the score on the number of reasoning used was significantly higher for the argument written after the lesson compared to the one before it. These findings indicated that the design elements developed in this study were effective for improving the students' ability to construct an argument based on multiple reasoning.

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The purpose of this study was to develop design elements of teaching strategies to foster students’ ability to construct an argument with rebuttal and to clarify the effectiveness of their design elements. Design elements are guidelines that connect teaching strategies to science lessons. The lesson was a sixth grade science unit on the properties of aqueous solutions. In order to evaluate whether the students’ ability to construct an argument improved through the lessons that reflected the design elements, two evaluation tasks were given to students: to write an argument on the lesson content, and to write another argument on the lessons already learned. The results of the former showed that most students were able to construct an argument with a rebuttal. Furthermore, the results of the latter showed that students’ arguments included more rebuttals after the lessons than before. These findings indicated that the design elements developed in this study were effective for improving the students’ ability to construct an argument with a rebuttal.

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We are developing an immersive learning support system for a paleontological environment within a museum. The system measures the physical movement of the learner using a Kinect sensor, and provides a sense of immersion in the paleontological environment by adapting the surroundings according to these movements. As the first stage of this project, we have developed a prototype system that allows learners to experience the paleontological environment. Here, we evaluate the operability of the system, degree of learning support, and sense of immersion for primary schoolchildren. This paper summarizes the current system and describes the evaluation results. Copyright is held by the author/owner(s).

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We are developing a learning course with MANGA-Case method teaching material to acquire basic knowledge on experiments and their instruction tactics for elementary teacher candidates. The target experiment is Evaluating a MANGA-Case Method Teaching Material for the Experimental Skills and Understanding of the Experiment Method. The content is electricity basics using a manual electric generator and condenser. We conducted experiments with 57 teacher candidates as subjects, who are affiliated with two national and two private universities. The subjects were required to read the MANGA and then practice the targeted experiment with the manual electric generator. We evaluated the subjects' learning levels by 1) descriptions of the points of the target experiments and 2) practices with a real generator. We focused on the understanding of experimental procedures and their practical behaviors. From standard statistical analysis, the experiment group with The MANGA was superior or equal to the control group with a conventional text, in the sense of knowledge and practical skills about the target experiment. The results suggest that our learning course with MANGA is effective in university education.

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We are developing a learning course with MANGA-Case method teaching material to acquire basic knowledge on experiments and their instruction tactics for elementary teacher candidates. The target experiment is Evaluating a MANGA-Case Method Teaching Material for the Experimental Skills and Understanding of the Experiment Method. The content is electricity basics using a manual electric generator and condenser. We conducted experiments with 57 teacher candidates as subjects, who are affiliated with two national and two private universities. The subjects were required to read the MANGA and then practice the targeted experiment with the manual electric generator. We evaluated the subjects' learning levels by 1) descriptions of the points of the target experiments and 2) practices with a real generator. We focused on the understanding of experimental procedures and their practical behaviors. From standard statistical analysis, the experiment group with The MANGA was superior or equal to the control group with a conventional text, in the sense of knowledge and practical skills about the target experiment. The results suggest that our learning course with MANGA is effective in university education.

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We created a new hearing device called "VibGrip(VG)". The name VG came from the concept of Vib(ration) Grip. The VG has 5 piezoelectric elements mounted on a small housing that make it possible to feel the vibrations of different frequency bands with each finger. As an application of this device, we have developed a system that can sense the difference in sounds made by insects. Using a combination of speakers and the VG, we expect that a person with hearing impairment will be able to sense the information from the sounds more clearly.

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The purpose of this study is to support zoo visitors' scientific observations through the picture-story show. The evaluation methods included interviews to assess whether zoo visitors acquire as viewpoints for observing animals through a picture-story show, video research to assess whether zoo visitors observe animals' behavioral and morphological characteristics. The results of this study indicate that thirty percent of all families acquired the behavioral and morphological characteristics of animals as viewpoints by watching a picture-story show. The results suggest that it is possible to offer zoo visitors viewpoints for observing animals scientifically by performing picture-story shows. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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Our purpose is to identify the Japanese six grade (aged 11-12 years) elementary school students' understanding of the criteria for quality of rebuttals before they learn on argumentation. The criteria for high-quality rebuttals include explicitly pointing out the errors in other people's statements (pointing out) and explaining reasons as to why the statements are incorrect (reasons). We conducted the evaluation task to identify students' understanding of the criteria for quality of rebuttals. The results revealed that many students recognized rebuttals include reasons as high-quality rebuttals, but did not recognize rebuttals include pointing out as high-quality rebuttals. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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We are developing an immersive learning support system for a paleontological environment within a museum. The system measures the physical movement of a learner using a Kinect sensor and provides a sense of immersion in the paleontological environment by modifying the surroundings according to these movements. As the first stage of this project, we have developed a prototype system that enables learners to experience paleontological environments. We evaluated the operability of the system, the degree of learning support, and the sense of immersion for primary schoolchildren. This paper summarizes the current system and describes the evaluation results.

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This paper presents a support system to assist learning within museums. Museums represent important places of scientific learning for children. However, because the main learning method in museums is the study of displayed specimens and their corresponding explanations, the motivation of a child to learn is low. Hence, we are developing an experience-based learning support system such as entertainment that will enable learners to enhance their motivation to learn in any museum. We develop two systems to realize experience-based entertainment. One is "Live Biblia," which is a digital installed book system that uses real fossil. Another is the immersive learning system we called "Body Experience and Sense of Immersion in Digital paleontological Environment" or "BESIDE," which enables learners to explore a virtual paleontological environment. In this paper, we present a summary of the current system of Live Biblia and BESIDE.

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Interest in sound interfaces is increasing because such interfaces do not need advanced knowledge about particular devices, nor do they require physical operation. However, such interfaces are difficult to use because the general living environment often contains background noise. In order to solve this problem, sound separation systems that use a microphone array sensor have been proposed. In previous work, this microphone array sensor was a small system that considered only two-dimensional (2-D) directivity control. In this paper, we present the design of a spherical microphone array sensor with 3D directivity. This 3-D directivity property is confirmed via an experimental evaluation.

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Development of a robust and precise voice interface could accelerate the realization of a learning support system that utilizes voice. In our research, this objective is called Intelligent Interactive Design of learning support. In order to realize Intelligent Interactive Design, we propose a "voice separation and recognition system" that aims at clear voice separation for robust voice recognition by voice recognition systems. The results of experiments conducted indicate that our Intelligent Interactive Design has a correct voice recognition rate above 70%. The results are highly satisfactory and indicate that Intelligent Interactive Design can be realized via our proposed system in the near future.

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This paper presents a system to support learning within museum for children as a novel application of Kinect based human sensing system. The system measures the physical movement of the learner using a Kinect sensor, and provides a sense of immersion in the paleontological environment by adapting the surroundings according to these movements. As the first stage of this project, we have developed a prototype system that allows learners to experience the paleontological environment. Here, we evaluated the performance of the sensor of BESIDE in order to confirm whether or not this system can put into practice BESIDE at the museum. This paper summarizes the current system and describes the evaluation results.

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In this study, we estimate gaze direction using the relationship between the face and eyes. The face and eyes are divided laterally and in lengthwise direction. We set up an object laterally and in lengthwise direction and measured the face angle using a Kinect sensor, which is range image sensor, when gazing at an object. The angle of the eyes is fixed at the angle of the object and grasp of the relationship between face and eyes. We calculate the gaze direction using the relation between the face and eyes. Then, the results of present experiment, if based on relationship between face and eyes, has been shown to be effective though the results of the experiment.

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In this paper, the relationship between visual attention and eye blinking is described. In our experiment, we observed blinking when a subject performed a task. We determined that the subject's visual attention functions during the task by electrodermal activity. Experimental results showed that blink rate decreased when the subject's visual attention was engaged. On the other hand, blink rate increased when the subject's visual attention shifted from attentive to inattentive. These findings enable a more objective evaluation of the relationship between visual attention and blinking when determining by electrodermal activity whether visual attention is engaged.

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We developed and evaluated a Mobile System "Pocket Plant Guide" for supporting the observation of plants. While previous systems used photographs, the "Pocket Plant Guide" uses sketches, which is one of its defining characteristics. This guide contains three types of display as follows; (1) color display of leaves and fruits; (2) display of enlarged leaves and fruits; and (3) display of the underside of the leaves. As a result of an evaluation targeting sixth grade elementary school children, the "Pocket Plant Guide" was quite easy to use and was effective in promoting the observation and understanding of plants.

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Mixed sounds can be separated from multiple sound sources using microphone array sensor and signal processing. We believe that promotion of interest in this technique can lead to significant future development in science and technology. To investigate this technique, we designed a language game for children called "KIKIWAKE 3D" that uses a sound-source-separation system to arouse children's interest in this technology. However, the microphone array sensor in a previous research had a limited scope in separating sounds. We developed a spherical microphone array sensor with three-dimensional directivity designed for this game. In this paper, we report the evaluation of this microphone array sensor in adapting to this game by separating the sound level and using questionnaires.

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The authors developed a computer-animated "interactive museum" to improve observers' levels of interest and immersion during the exploration of virtual paleontological environments. In the system, animals on the screen move in synchronization with the observer's actions, and hence, the observer feels as though he/she has entered a real-life paleontological environment. In this paper, in order to enhance the immersive experience, we upgraded the system based on the results of past preliminary evaluation. In the upgraded system, animals on the screen animate whenever an observer walks across the screen, and the animal under observation changes in response to the observer walking backward or forward towards the screen. In this way, the observer becomes part of the virtual paleontological environment. Then, in order to verify the upgrade's effectiveness, we conducted an evaluation. The results indicated that the upgrade of the system was effective in immersing observers because of the fidelity of the simulation and the enjoyment afforded by moving one's own body.

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村津啓太・舟生日出男・山口悦司・神山真一・稲垣成哲

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In this study, case method teaching materials using the medium of <i>manga</i> were utilized to examine the ability of university teachers who want to become elementary school teachers to discern problems occurring in science classes. For the case method teaching materials, <i>manga </i>about science classes that included a variety of different problems within their plots and that depicted focus points relating to learning environments, experimental skills, teaching methods and lesson plans were used. The study was carried out with 115 university students who wanted to be teachers. They had to discern the places in the <i>manga</i> where the problems occurred and then explain each problem in detail. From this exercise, it was ascertained that, to a certain extent, the students were able to discern problems relating to class guidance for unexpected events requiring an immediate response, but they were unable to sufficiently discern them with regard to all of the focus points.

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DOI： 10.1145/2593968.2610468

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中代貴大・田口智貴・江草遼平・生田目美紀・杉本雅則・楠房子・山口悦司・稲垣成哲・武田義明・溝口博

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吉田龍一・足立孝之・村津啓太・溝口博・生田目美紀・杉本雅則・楠房子・山口悦司・稲垣成哲・武田義明

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One feature of design-based research is progressive refinement of classroom practice and learning environments through the cycles of design and analysis. In our previous study (Yamamoto et al., 2013), we taught a science unit to fifth graders that dealt with the construction of arguments comprising claim, evidence, and reasoning. Through an analysis of the students' performance after the unit, in this study, classroom practice was revised and its effectiveness was tested. The revisions to the unit were aimed at fostering the transfer of acquired argument skills in line with two design principles: detailed reflection on written arguments and fading scaffolds. One hundred and fourteen fifth graders were taught the revised unit, and then performed two argument tasks. The first argument task required students to write an argument related to the content of the unit after the training. The second argument task, the transfer task, required them to write an argument on other scientific topics which they had learned before. Their performance on these tasks was compared with that of students in the previous study. While students who participated in the revised unit obtained the same scores at the first argument task as students in the baseline unit, they showed more improvement in the transfer task in criteria concerning evidence. More students could justify their claims with both evidence (data) and reasoning (known scientific rationale). These results showed that the two design principles were effective in fostering the transfer of argument skills through the iterant cycles of design and analysis.

DOI： 10.14935/jssej.38.54

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The goals of science education include developing students' capability to engage in scientific inquiry. Asking questions is one of the elements of scientific inquiry. A scientific question is a question that can be answered through experiments and observation, or a theory-inspired question. We focused on the latter because there has been to no study dealing with instructional scaffolding for generating theory-inspired questions. We conjectured that fostering students' meta-understanding of theory would be an instructional scaffolding for generating theory-inspired questions. We implemented a curricular unit for 37 sixth grade elementary school students, adopting the curricular unit designed by previous studies. We also developed a written assessment instrument for assessing students' meta-understanding of theory and students' questions. Results indicate that the curricular unit fostering students' meta-understanding of theory may support them in generating scientific questions.

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Mixed sounds can be separated from multiple sound sources by utilizing a microphone array and signal processing. We believe that promotion of interest in this technique can lead to significant developments in future science and technology. Consequently, in order to experience this technique, we designed a language game for children called “KIKIWAKE 3D” that uses a sound source separation system with the aim of arousing children’s interest in this technology. In this paper, we discuss the development of a spherical microphone array with threedimensional directivity introduced to make the game more interesting and to facilitate a larger number of participants.

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DOI： 10.5220/0004943404460451

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DOI： 10.5220/0004943602000205

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Language：Japanese   Publisher：日本教育心理学会  

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This study proposes a mobile support system "Stamp-On" to promote elementary school children' scientific inquiry into museum exhibits. The unique characteristic of Stamp-On is its use of a stamp-shaped interface to connect exhibits and mobile device content in an extremely simple way. In this paper, we first describe the principles and implementation of the Stamp-On system. Then, we evaluate the performance of the Stamp-On system at a various rock exhibitions. For the evaluation, 35 Japanese sixth-grade elementary school children (aged 11-12) used the Stamp-On system. We recorded the actions and utterances of one of them during their scientific inquiry process. To clarify the effectiveness of Stamp-On, we have analysed the following two factors in the scientific inquiry processes: 1) observing subjects attentively and 2) interpreting information obtained through the observation. Based on these analyses, we conclude that Stamp-On is effective to promote scientific inquiry among children. Copyright © 2014 ACM.

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This paper presents a spherical microphone array design which can be used for capturing a sound selectivity and locally. Capturing a sound by microphone array is achieved by method of Delay and Sum Beam Forming (DSBF). In this method, microphone arrangement has a large effect on the directivity. Using beamforming simulation, the authors investigated on the optimal arrangement of concentrically spherical microphone array which improves the basic performance of beamforming. As a result, we obtained a high directional quality arrangement consisted of truncated icosahedron and regular icosahedron. By comparing the uniformity scattered method, we confirmed the effectiveness of proposed method.

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In this study, we developed a simulation game called "Human SUGOROKU" that consists of a full-body interaction system to enable elementary school students to enjoy and learn vegetation succession. The students' sense of immersion is improved by enabling them to play this game using their body movements. We conducted an experiment with the students and investigated the affects of the full-body interaction through questionnaires. The results showed that the full-body interaction promotes a sense of immersion in the game and enhance their understanding of vegetation succession. This paper describes the structure of this system and the questionnaires results.

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This study proposes a system for supporting the Shotoku Taishi game, which is a language play game that uses the voice of children. The Shotoku Taishi game is a group game in which multiple people presenting a problem vocalize different words at the same time and the respondents are required to guess what the combination of the words is. The authors developed and implemented a system using a microphone array to extract the voice of a specific person presenting a problem in this game. The participants were 36 elementary school students whose native language was Japanese. The results showed that the participants were enjoying the Shotoku Taishi game and that this group activity was a creative activity that deepened their awareness of the Japanese language. Copyright © 2014 ACM.

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We developed a sound separation system that uses a microphone array to separate children's voices from background noise in general living environments. Our focus in the development of this system is on "a clear separation of the human voice" so that it will be easy for children to use. Evaluations conducted of sound separation performance in previous research have not always measured how easily listeners hear separate sounds. In this paper, we examine the validity of our system design by evaluating this factor from the perspectives of engineering and psychology.

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An argument is an indispensable process in scientific knowledge construction. This study demonstrates the effectiveness of lessons in constructing a sophisticated argument using appropriate and sufficient evidence. 5th-grade pupils were asked to make arguments for the preservation of mass in a science lesson on "dissolution of substances." Four teaching strategies were set up during the unit's preparatory phase and six during the unit's implementation phase. To examine pupils' arguments, a content knowledge test, and two argument tasks concerning the unit content and previously learned content, respectively, were implemented. The average marks for the content knowledge test were very close to full marks. In the former argument task, except in one indicator, more than 90 percent of the pupils scored full marks in claim, evidence (appropriateness/sufficiency), and reasoning. In the latter argument task, pupils' scores significantly improved after the lesson. Furthermore, a correlation between two argument tasks was found. These results demonstrate that the lesson plan implemented in this study was effective in constructing an argument based on appropriate and sufficient evidence. The study also clarified that future research would be needed for improving pupils' awareness of the insufficiency of a piece of evidence or truncated evidence.

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In the field of science education, recent studies have begun to focus on argumentation skills, thereby indicating the importance of intentionally encouraging students to present rebuttals. Based on this trend, teaching strategies have been proposed to encourage such rebuttals. However, within Japanese science education field, a focus on rebuttals is not apparent in almost any known teaching strategy. Hence, using elementary science lessons as a case study, this research aims to investigate, the efficacy of teaching strategies in the IDEAS teaching materials, as proposed by Osborne et al., in promoting rebuttals.<br>First, this study reviewed teaching strategies as proposed by the IDEAS teaching materials. Next, lessons reflecting these strategies were conducted with elementary school students. Subsequently, records of argumentative utterances collected during lessons were evaluated and measured against the efficacy of the teaching strategy used. As a result of this evaluation, it was revealed that the number of students who developed their argumentation skills, including the skill to offer rebuttals, increased significantly between the beginning and end of the lessons. From this result, it became clear that the teaching strategy indicated by the IDEAS teaching materials has a certain amount of efficacy. It was also apparent, however, that by the end of the lesson, some students were unable to offer rebuttals. Thus, improving teaching strategies should be focused on in the future.

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There are many potential benefits in student engagement in and practice of argument. To foster the argument skills of students, teachers themselves need to have high-level argument skills, since they will otherwise find it very difficult to teach such skills to students. This study focused on the low level of teachers' argument skills. This paper presents the results of a two-year study to provide pre-service teachers with the program to gain high-level argument skills addressing socio-scientific issues. The program revision implemented for the second year of the study allowed the teacher educator to share the argument assessment criteria with the pre-service teachers. The arguments produced by pre-service teachers in the first and second year show that pre-service teachers taking the second-year program produced higher-quality arguments in terms of explaining the reasons why evidence challenges a claim, using evidence to counter evidence against their position, and making sense of tradeoffs between conflicting evidence.

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In general living environments, in order to separate children’s voices from backgrounds noise, we developed a sound separation system by a microphone array. We created a game by use of this developed system, and conducted evaluation experiment intended for elementary school children. As a result, we confirmed this system could separate 3 voices, and the game promotes children’s interest in or concerns about a microphone array in a quantitative way.

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In recent years, science education has focused on the importance of argument. However, it is noted that even fifth- and sixth-grade elementary school children have difficulty supporting their arguments with reasoning. This study aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of a class that incorporates teaching strategies for constructing arguments that are comprised of claims, evidence, and reasoning. In this study, a class was given on "pendulum movement," a unit taught in science education for fifth graders, with the goal of clarifying factors that affect the pendulum period. Four teaching strategies were incorporated into the unit's preparatory phase and eight strategies were incorporated into the unit's implementation phase. In the content knowledge test, both the children's rate of giving correct answers and their degree of confidence both improved significantly compared with having studied the unit. In an argument task concerning the content of the unit, children scored over 80% in all having criteria concerning claims, evidence and reasoning, with the exception of only one criterion. In another argument task given before and after the unit, both of which concerned matters that had already been learned by the children, their arguments showed significant improvement in some criteria concerning evidence and reasoning. Connections in performance were identified between the argument tasks concerning the content of the unit and those concerning matters already learned. These results demonstrate that the class in this study is effective in developing arguments that are specifically comprised of claims, evidence, and reasoning. As a challenge for the future, we will endeavor to resolves the problem of omission of description, often detected in elementary school children's arguments.

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<p>In this paper, we propose an augmented reality (AR) system with a leaser show device as a hands-on display at a science museum. The AR system provides virtual information which learners can handle visual explanation on an exhibited item. Accordingly, the learner certainly understand his/her knowledge through the AR display without any modification to the item and/or the existing displayed explanation. Using the AR system, we have conducted intensive experiments for children visitors at Gamagori Museum of Earth, Life and the Sea". In the experiments, we have evaluated the following points: i) the AR display makes learners interested in the exhibited item; ii) students can easily handle the AR display; and iii) the AR display is useful for learners to construct their knowledge. As a result, we conclude that the AR display system enabled learners to construct their knowledge in reality. And that the system makes learners interested in the exhibited items. </p>

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In this paper, we propose an augmented reality (AR) system with a laser projection device as a hands-on display at a science museum. The AR system provides virtual information, which learners can control for a visual explanation about an exhibited item. Learners develop their knowledge and understanding through the display without any modification to the item and/or the existing displayed explanation. We conducted an experiment using the AR system, with child visitors to Gamagori Museum of Earth, Life and the Sea. AR systems should meet the following criteria if they are to be considered effective: i) the display should make learners interested in the exhibited item, ii) learners should be able to easily handle the AR display, and iii) learners should construct their knowledge through using the display. In our experiment, we evaluated the AR display against these criteria. We conclude that the AR display system enables learners to construct their knowledge in reality, and that the system encourages learners' interest in the exhibited items. © 2013 IEEE.

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DOI： 10.20587/pamjaep.55.0_11

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The authors are developing a novel learning support system 'Human SUGOROKU' by integration of ultrasonic sensors and Kinect sensors. The system is a relocatable large scale digital board game that human-players as its piece move on squares. To realize the system, we measure players locations and gestures identifying players, by integrating output information from both sensors. This paper explains overview of the system and proposes a method to reduce installation time. That length of installation time is one of the most serious problems when we relocate the system. Most part of the time is spent to unify sensors' coordinate systems. Usually, as each sensor has own coordinate system, we can't use sensors' output directly without unifying their coordinate systems. In order to unify sensors' coordinate systems, we need accurate positioning of the sensors, but accurate positioning manually is difficult and takes much time. The proposed method is a positioning-free convenient unifying method for different kinds of multiple sensors by using dedicated instrument. We conduct an experiment to evaluate the proposed method, and confirm that the method can reduce installation time for the system. © 2013 IEEE.

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In recent years, microphone array signal processing has been actively studied in the field of engineering. In consideration of our hope that children's interest in this technology will contribute to the future development of science and technology, we have developed the KIKIWAKE system with a microphone array and conducted the Prince Shotoku Game to promote children's interest. Then, we confirmed the effectiveness of the system through interviews.

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In this study, we developed a simulation game called "Human SUGOROKU" that consists of a full-body interaction system to enable elementary school students to enjoy and learn vegetation succession. The students' sense of immersion is improved by enabling them to play this game using their body movements. We conducted an experiment with the students and investigated the affects of the full-body interaction through interviews. The results showed that the full-body interaction promotes a sense of immersion in the game. This paper describes the structure of this system and the interview results. Copyright 2013 ACM.

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We have developed Interactive Puppet Theater, a puppet-show system designed for use by deaf children. For this study, we conducted evaluation experiments to determine whether Interactive Puppet Theater helps these children to have an enriched viewing experience. The evaluation results showed that Interactive Puppet Theater could be an effective way to ensure that deaf children understand the characters' dialogue as they watch the puppet-show, and that it enables them to have an enjoyable viewing experience. © Springer International Publishing 2013.

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In this study, evaluation experiment was conducted on an interactive puppet theater, a puppetry system designed for deaf children to enhance their enjoyment of performances. An interactive puppet theater has two features: a feature that ensures the transmission of information by textualizing dialogue information and a feature that encourages deaf children to participate in the story by using physical movements. For this study, experiment was conducted to evaluate whether the feature of participation in the story by using physical movements prompts these children to engage with the story setting in a puppet theater viewing experience. The evaluations were also aimed at ascertaining whether this feature could ensure an enjoyable viewing experience. This study targeted deaf children. The results obtained from the experiments revealed that this feature could be an effective way to encourage them to participate in the story setting, and to assist them in having an enjoyable viewing experience. Copyright 2013 ACM.

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In this study, we developed a simulation game called "Human SUGOROKU" that simulates vegetation succession of the real forest area in the virtual world. This game consists of a full-body interaction system to enable children to enjoy and learn vegetation succession by playing with their body movement. We conducted an experiment with children and investigated the effects of the full-body interaction through interviews. The results showed that the full-body interaction promotes a sense of immersion in the game. This paper describes the structure of this system and the interview results. © Springer International Publishing 2013.

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The method proposed here for 3D position measurement and identification of individuals by integrating ultrasonic and Kinect sensors uses ultrasonic transmitter tags with unique identifiers. Ultrasonic sensors measure the 3D positions of and identify tagged individuals, but cannot make measurements if there are no receivers in the direction of ultrasonic waves from transmitters. Kinect sensors measure 3D positions of individuals and track them with OpenNI, but Kinect sensors cannot make measurements if occlusion occurs due to the overlapping of individuals. Evaluation results show that the method proposed here is more robust than methods only using either ultrasonic or Kinect sensors.

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Teaching and learning as a conceptual change has become an important theme in science education research. Systems designed both to support teaching and learning as conceptual change and to run on mobile devices have not yet been developed. Mobile devices are expected to play an increasingly prominent role in the progress of education. Further, the development of science education systems designed to support teaching and learning as a conceptual change would be of great value. In this study, we developed a system that runs on mobile devices by improving on the existing Digital Fortune Line (DFL) system. The existing DFL system is, effectively, a digitized version of the paper-based fortune line method widely used in science education up to now. Network-enabled systems in particular aim to contribute to learning for conceptual change by facilitating the visualization and sharing of learners' commitment. On the basis of this system, we developed a new system in this study that runs on the iPhone and iPod Touch. In conjunction with this development, we conducted a preliminary assessment among graduate students aspiring to be teachers, and an assessment based on actual elementary science lessons. The purpose of these assessments was to consider, on the basis of the subjective assessment data of learners and teachers, whether such a system would have good usability and would provide support for learning. The results of these assessments based on the subjective assessments of learners and teachers showed that although the system have modification regarding input of line, the system has good usability on the whole, as well as good potential for supporting learning.

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This study aims to identify and categorize the teaching of strategies of argument as proposed in science education studies published in Europe and the US, and to find the design principles that can be used in science education to improve students' argument skills. In recent years, the need to cultivate students' argument skills has been highlighted, and many practical and theoretical research studies on this topic have been conducted. These studies have found that using evidence and constructing well-structured arguments are difficult for students. The development of effective methods of teaching argument is therefore necessary. We derived various teaching strategies from five prior studies which conducted education projects with clear teaching strategies to support students' engagement in written argument, oral argument, and online forms of argument. We analyzed these teaching strategies and identified three design principles: "promoting students' understanding of the value of argument," "explaining the structure of argument and promoting its use," and "encouraging the use of knowledge on the subject in making an argument." These design principles are useful in practical research for the formulation of effective methods to cultivate argument skills in science classes in Japan.

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We are developing Puppet Theater system which enables both the hearing impaired and the normal hearing to enjoy a puppet show This system projects puppet's lines in balloon on the background In addition, the system has a function that presents branches of the story to audience and allows them to select We performed the system to elementary school pupils with hearing impairment and found that the pupils enjoyed it Effects of the function were investigated with questionnaire This paper describes the function and the result of questionnaire © 2012 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

DOI： 10.1007/978-3-642-34292-9-35

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In this study, we have improved the Universal Puppet Theater. Improvements have been made to branching scenes in the story. The exploratory evaluation experiment was a within-subject comparison of the existing version and improved version of the system. The subjects were 53 hearing-capable fourth-grade elementary school children. The results of analysis showed that the improved version of the system with branching function was more effective interface than the existing version. © 2012 IEEE.

DOI： 10.1109/DIGITEL.2012.37

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The authors propose a novel application of human sensing technology to inclusive education. We focus on puppet show to aspire the inclusive education for both the normal hearing and the hearing impaired. Thus, we are developing Puppet Theater system to entertain both hearing impaired and normal hearing. This Puppet Theater system consists of two functions. First, the lines are displayed as letters with voice for complementing information of sound. The system enables the hearing impaired to understand the contents of the puppet show. Second function presents branches of the story to audience for encouraging the audience to understand the content of the story. In this paper, we describe that we develope branches of the story as function to select the branches by body movements for the purpose of additional effect of understanding contents of the story. The body movements are measured and detected by Kinect sensor for Xbox. We anticipate additional benefit of understanding contents of the story because this new function enables the audience to participate in the progression of the puppet show. The authors performed the system to elementary school pupils with hearing impairment and found that the pupils enjoyed it. Effects of the function were investigated with questionnaire.

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In this study, we examined the feature of the audience participation in the progress of the story in Puppet Theater. Puppet Theater is a puppet show system developed that is designed for appreciation by hearing-impaired children. Wada et al. (2012) conducted preliminary evaluation experiments performed with 52 healthy elementary school children who were surveyed using both questionnaires and interviews. The results indicated that audience participation in the progress of the story had the effect of encouraging the audience to think about the story. It was also confirmed that, through this participation, the audience is imbued with a sense of emotional investment in the characters, which stimulates audience into immersive participation in the story.

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This study aimed to develop and evaluate a case method teaching material for college students studying to become teachers in order to develop their ability to plan science lessons. The case method teaching material developed in this study combines a manga textbook with a narrative approach and lesson plan. The material is designed to develop the skills and competencies required for science teachers by engaging the students in the activity of comparing the manga textbook and lesson plan. Students' lesson planning abilities were evaluated from three viewpoints: 1) classroom teaching, 2) instruction on experiments, and 3) lesson environment. An evaluation experiment was conducted with college students studying to become teachers. The following three items were examined: 1) changes in viewpoints on how much importance students place on writing their lesson plans; 2) the number of changes made to the contents of the students' lesson plans and how that related to the changes in their viewpoints in (1); and 3) students' perceptions of the use and effectiveness of the case method teaching material. As a result, statistically significant results were obtained for almost all items. These results suggest that this case method teaching material is effective in developing the ability to plan science lessons.

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Argument skills have received a lot of attention in recent years. However, few studies report on the argument skills of elementary students, resulting in a lack of knowledge base for learning support. Krajcik & McNeill (2009) propose a hypothetical learning progression for scientific explanations which might grow across grades 1-12. This study focuses on the first variation of that progression. In the simplest variation students should be able to provide a claim and support that claim with evidence. This study aims to 1) give in-class lessons to elementary students designed to help them acquire argument skills and 2) evaluate the effectiveness of the lesson design principles from the perspective of the skill of formulating arguments. From earlier studies, this study extracted three design principles: 1) learning thoroughly about the basic knowledge that concerns the problem domain, 2) collecting multiple pieces of data, sharing them in the classroom, and organizing them into several groups, and 3) making students aware that they are using evidence. In line with these design principles, we gave classes concerning the issue of coexistence of humans and wild animals for third graders. Analyses of results of surveys conducted during the classes revealed a significant increase in the number of students who used evidence to formulate their arguments, indicating successful acquisition of argument skills.

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Argument skills have received a lot of attention in recent years. However, few studies report on the argument skills of elementary students, resulting in a lack of knowledge base for learning support. Krajcik & McNeill (2009) propose a hypothetical learning progression for scientific explanations which might grow across grades 1-12. This study focuses on the first variation of that progression. In the simplest variation students should be able to provide a claim and support that claim with evidence. This study aims to 1) give in-class lessons to elementary students designed to help them acquire argument skills and 2) evaluate the effectiveness of the lesson design principles from the perspective of the skill of formulating arguments. From earlier studies, this study extracted three design principles: 1) learning thoroughly about the basic knowledge that concerns the problem domain, 2) collecting multiple pieces of data, sharing them in the classroom, and organizing them into several groups, and 3) making students aware that they are using evidence. In line with these design principles, we gave classes concerning the issue of coexistence of humans and wild animals for third graders. Analyses of results of surveys conducted during the classes revealed a significant increase in the number of students who used evidence to formulate their arguments, indicating successful acquisition of argument skills.

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The purpose of this research is to develop educational materials for teachers using manga as a support aid, and to verify the materials' effectiveness. Practical evaluation was attempted targeting 83 second-year students not specializing in science at a women's college who wish to become elementary school teachers. Results show that the group evaluated the manga as easy to read and an effective method for understanding characteristics of laboratory materials and learning methods of instruction.

DOI： 10.14935/jssej.35.205

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DOI： 10.24546/81002991

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Language：Japanese   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：JAPAN CURRICULUM RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION  

The purposes of this study were to design a dietary education class for elementary school children and their parents in order to provide basic nutrition knowledge to enable them to apply such knowledge in their daily lives, and to evaluate the effectiveness of the class. In the class, children, in cooperation with their parents, reviewed the contents of their breakfasts from a nutrient balance perspective and created a nutritionally balanced breakfast menu. Analysis of the results of questionnaires conducted before and after the class revealed the following three points: 1) Both children and parents had an equally increased understanding of nutrition balance; 2) Due to its simplicity of use, the camera-equipped mobile phone-based information sharing system "clippicKids" contributed to sustaining children's interest in learning, thereby enhancing children's learning effects; 3) Both children and parents found the experience of learning together to be fun and enjoyable. These results suggest that the experimental parent-child cooperative learning class, which was conducted using the information sharing system "clippicKids" as a means to connect students in the classroom with their families, was on the whole effective.

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KEI-Time Traveller is a kind of virtual time machine that merely requires the use of commercially available GPS phones. In reality, KEI-Time Traveller shows graphical images of a virtual past scene within a given area as viewed from the current location and with arbitrary viewing angles. Users can virtually explore the past world using this system. We applied it to junior high school students, twice. They virtually visited a world of 1938, when a severe landslide disaster occurred, but the designs of interaction with the virtual past world differed between the two fieldwork trials. By comparing the results, we discuss the design of the interaction and its effects on the fieldwork. Copyright © 2011 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

DOI： 10.1504/IJMLO.2011.038690

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In this paper, from the viewpoint that learners explore and construct knowledge actively, we proposed a method of note-taking by arranging concepts and a course for teaching the method through collaboration. We also carried out a practice-session of teaching the method. Through the method of note-taking used in this research, learners extract important concepts from learning materials and structure them as a concept map. The process consists of three phases; cutting, judgment, and relating. These activities, however, are too difficult for cognitively poor learners. So we set up an individual session and a collaborative session. In the individual session, a learner individually carries out cutting, judgment, and relating, and makes a concept map with paper cars and sheets. The purpose of this session is to make the learner think about the learning materials and prepare for the collaborative session. In the collaborative session, learners form small groups, examine their concept maps, and collaboratively make the group's concept map with the software "Undo-Kun". Another purpose of this session is to make the learners mutually learn from their differences and share their methods for arranging concepts. We carried out a teaching practice of "Workings of Current and Magnet" in junior high school, in which 120 students participated. As a result of the evaluation of the practice, the note-taking method and the teaching method proved to be effective.

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Socioscientific issues are plagued by a number of problems wherein the goals are unclear or no specific solution to an issue can be found. These problems are called "ill-defined problems", and the process of identifying or defining such problems is especially important when attempting to find a solution. The purpose of this study was to design a learning unit based on the design principles that activated interactions among learners, and to evaluate whether the learning unit could improve students' abilities in "defining problems." During the lesson, sixth-grade students tackled the electric-power problem-a socioscientific issue-with the aim of proposing solutions based on scientific knowledge. They were encouraged to repeat the collaborative problem-solving cycle and to define their problems for inquiry by themselves at the beginning of each cycle. Knowledge Forum, a CSCL system, provided support for the students in tackling the problem. In Knowledge Forum, students could externalize their products at the previous cycle in a communal database in order to share and examine their products. A comparison among the student-defined problems showed that students began defining more comprehensive problems in the later problem-solving cycle, and the design principles discussed here were shown to be effective.

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When attempting to obtain agreement from various stakeholders, people need to propose new ideas, such as conditions for agreement or alternative plans, in order to achieve overall agreement, as opposed to simply reinforcing their own opinion by means of evidence.  The present authors developed a curriculum for elementary school students to engage in knowledge-building arguments on a socioscientific issue.  The curriculum was changed based on epistemic agency, a design principle of knowledge building.  Effects of the curriculum were examined across 2 years.  A comparison of the quality of the students’ arguments showed that the students expressed proposal-type opinions, considering pros and cons, in the improved curriculum more than the baseline curriculum, indicating that the students’ knowledge-building arguments had improved.  Differences in the students’ learning activities were also examined in relation to the changes in the design of the lesson.  Discussion clarified how support contributed to the improvement of the students’ knowledge building arguments.

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DOI： 10.14935/jssej.34.1

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Language：Japanese   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：Japanese Association of Educational Psychology  

When attempting to obtain agreement from various stakeholders, people need to propose new ideas, such as conditions for agreement or alternative plans, in order to achieve overall agreement, as opposed to simply reinforcing their own opinion by means of evidence. The present authors developed a curriculum for elementary school students to engage in knowledge-building arguments on a socioscientific issue. The curriculum was changed based on epistemic agency, a design principle of knowledge building. Effects of the curriculum were examined across 2 years. A comparison of the quality of the students' arguments showed that the students expressed proposal-type opinions, considering pros and cons, in the improved curriculum more than the baseline curriculum, indicating that the students' knowledge-building arguments had improved. Differences in the students' learning activities were also examined in relation to the changes in the design of the lesson. Discussion clarified how support contributed to the improvement of the students' knowledge building arguments.

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In this study, we redesign and develop a new digital sugoroku game based on the phenomenon of vegetation succession. A practical evaluation in an elementary school that consisted of game play and fieldwork activity was conducted. The results of the evaluation showed that the game was effective in stimulating the interest of the students who participated in the game, and was able to support their learning in a joyful way.

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In this study, we redesign and develop a new digital sugoroku game based on the phenomenon of vegetation succession. A practical evaluation in an elementary school that consisted of game play and fieldwork activity was conducted. The results of the evaluation showed that the game was effective in stimulating the interest of the students who participated in the game, and was able to support their learning in a joyful way.

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This paper introduces a program that developed educational materials for teachers using manga, and evaluates the effectiveness of such materials. Using manga for educational materials has the following merits: manga is easy to understand, interesting, accessible, and easy to review. Manga also allows control of information and multiple interpretations. The educational material we developed is designed to help teachers learn about cooperative learning methods applicable to science classes. To evaluate the educational material featuring manga, we used the material to teach students in a preservice teacher training class. As a result, we found that manga is easy to read, and effective in communicating cooperative learning methods. We also found that manga facilitates understanding of cooperative learning.

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In science education, fostering scientific thinking is important, though few examples of scientific thinking are known. Sakamoto et al. (2007) advocated "meta-understanding of scientific principles" as one area of scientific thinking. If one is capable of meta-understanding, one is able to approach unknown phenomena with the assumption that scientific principles are applicable. Sakamoto and her colleague claim to have verified the existence of meta-understanding and the possibility of teaching it to elementary school students. However, we think they failed to provide proof, because their definition of meta-understanding is somewhat confused. Through inspection of the idea of "meta-understanding of scientific principles" and a process of inference with this meta-understanding, we refined the definition of meta-understanding introducing an important distinction they missed: whether a key causal mechanism of phenomena is known to students or not. Based on our new definition, we designed a clearer experiment which contained two pairs of tasks. We predicted a different response pattern for each pair of tasks, where the original paper expected no difference. As the result of the experiment supported our predictions, we achieved a more reliable verification of meta-understanding.

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