Effectiveness of Undergraduate-Generated Animations: Increasing Comprehension and Engagement for Neuroscience Majors and Non-Majors
Effectiveness of Undergraduate-Generated Animations: Increasing Comprehension and Engagement for Neuroscience Majors and Non-Majors
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本科生制作动画的有效性：提高神经科学专业和非专业学生的理解和参与度
DOI：
10.1177/00986283211023061
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发表时间：
2021
影响因子：
0.9
通讯作者：
Couperus, Jane W.
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文献类型：
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作者：
Reed, Catherine L.;Hagen, Emilia;Bukach, Cindy M.;Couperus, Jane W.
科学概念的动画可以通过解释和可视化复杂过程的步骤来提高理解能力，但是除非它们以有意义的方式引起学生的兴趣，否则它们作为教学工具的有效性是有限的。我们通过一种新颖的动画设计方法来实现这一目标，该方法包括目标受众（本科生），以便最终的动画与他们的学习者特征保持一致。目的本案例研究调查了大学生制作的动画是否比同等信息的文本和插图演示更有效的教育工具，以及学习者的背景是否影响动画的相对效益。方法结合教师和本科生的反馈，我们制作了动画和文字加插图的内容来解释头皮电极如何产生和测量神经信号。神经科学专业的学生和非神经科学专业的学生分别观看动画或静态演示，然后进行理解和参与评估。结果两组学生对动画的理解和参与程度都有所提高。虽然专业表现出更好的整体理解能力，但动画比静态展示更能提高非专业学生的理解能力。当教育内容针对目标受众时，动画对于更广泛的学生受众来说是更有效的教学工具。教学意义在线工具与远程教学的相关性使得为本科生开发的动画成为有效介绍困难内容的重要工具。
BackgroundAnimations of scientific concepts may improve comprehension by explaining and visualizing the steps of complex processes, but unless they engage student interest in meaningful ways, their effectiveness as teaching tools is limited. We achieve this through a novel approach to animation design that includes the target audience (undergraduates) so that the resultant animations align with their learner characteristics.ObjectiveThis case study investigated whether undergraduate-generated animations were more effective educational tools than informationally equivalent text-and-illustration presentations and whether learners’ background influenced the relative benefits of animations.MethodIncorporating feedback from faculty and undergraduates, we created animations and text-plus-illustration content to explain how neural signals are generated and measured by scalp electrodes. Neuroscience majors and non-majors were presented with either animations or static presentations followed by comprehension and engagement assessments.ResultsBoth groups showed comprehension and engagement benefits for animations. Although majors showed better overall comprehension, animations improved comprehension for non-majors over static presentations.ConclusionWhen educational content is directed for a target audience, animations can be more effective teaching tools for a broader student audience.Teaching ImplicationsThe relevance of online tools for remote instruction makes animations, developed for and by undergraduates, important tools for effectively introducing difficult content.
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