Development of Children's Body Knowledge, Using Knowledge of the Lungs as an Exemplar

Schmidt, Cheryl K.

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“…In addition, few children have a clear idea of how food passes through their body and waste is eliminated [11]. Interestingly, though a review of 25 studies exploring children's conceptions of human anatomy and physiology found that knowledge generally increases with age [14], even studies of college-educated adults have found that some misconceptions can persist into adulthood [1].…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Teaching pre-school and primary school children about their anatomy and physiology can help with self-care and self-understanding and generally leads to greater compliance with health care regimens [14,15]. For example, young children with asthma are more likely to take inhaled medications if they understand how their lungs function [14]. Other researchers emphasize the critical role of anatomy and physiology in teaching basic science (e.g., biology) [4].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Most schools include anatomy and physiology as part of their K-8 science curriculum, which is then extended through high school biology [10]. Teaching pre-school and primary school children about their anatomy and physiology can help with self-care and self-understanding and generally leads to greater compliance with health care regimens [14,15]. For example, young children with asthma are more likely to take inhaled medications if they understand how their lungs function [14].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Learning about the position, structure, and function of internal body parts is challenging for children [12,14,17]. Although by age four most children have a fairly well-defined concept of their external body and the relationship between its parts, this is not the case with their inner body [17].…”

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Exploring early designs for teaching anatomy and physiology to children using wearable e-textiles

Norooz

Froehlich

2013

Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

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Unlike external body parts, organs are invisible and untouchable, making it difficult for children to learn their size, position, and function. Traditionally, human anatomy (body form) and physiology (body function) are taught using a mixture of techniques from worksheets to three-dimensional models. With the advent of low-cost sensing, ubiquitous computation, and emerging e-textiles, new teaching approaches are developing that link the physical and virtual worlds. In this demo, we explore and illustrate the use of a custom wearable e-textile shirt to teach anatomy and physiology to children. Our current implementation uses dyed fabric to show the size and position of body organs and a mixture of electronic sensors and visualizations to dynamically exhibit the wearer's physiology (e.g., heart beat). Though we are still in an early design stage, we discuss our design process, our progress thus far, and plans for future iterations.

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Exploring early designs for teaching anatomy and physiology to children using wearable e-textiles

Norooz

Froehlich

2013

Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

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“…Learning the position, structure, and function of internal body parts is challenging for children [29,30,35]. Unlike fingers, arms, toes, and other external parts, internal organs remain hidden beneath layers of skin, muscle, and tissue and operate without conscious thought, making it difficult for childrenand even adults [3]-to understand the internal workings of their bodies.…”

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BodyVis

Norooz

Mauriello

Jørgensen

et al. 2015

Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Internal organs are hidden and untouchable, making it difficult for children to learn their size, position, and function. Traditionally, human anatomy (body form) and physiology (body function) are taught using techniques ranging from worksheets to three-dimensional models. We present a new approach called BodyVis, an e-textile shirt that combines biometric sensing and wearable visualizations to reveal otherwise invisible body parts and functions. We describe our 15-month iterative design process including lessons learned through the development of three prototypes using participatory design and two evaluations of the final prototype: a design probe interview with seven elementary school teachers and three single-session deployments in after-school programs. Our findings have implications for the growing area of wearables and tangibles for learning.

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The journey of a sandwich: computer-based laboratory experiments about the human digestive system in high school biology teaching

Šorgo¹,

Hajdinjak²,

Briški³

2008

Advances in Physiology Education

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Teaching high school students about the digestive system can be a challenge for a teacher when s/he wants to overcome rote learning of facts without a deeper understanding of the physiological processes inside the alimentary tract. A series of model experiments illustrating the journey of a sandwich was introduced into teaching high school biology. Using a computer equipped with a commercially available data-acquisition system and a couple of sensors, it was possible to illustrate the basic underlying physical and chemical principles of digestion to the students. Students were able to investigate, through hands-on activities, the chewing force of the jaws, importance of the mechanical breakdown of food, enzymatic activity of pepsin and amylase, antibacterial activity of hydrochloric acid, and importance of the villi for absorption. Students found the experiments interesting and helpful for understanding the digestive process. Furthermore, the results from testing indicated that the students had a deeper understanding of the physiological processes.

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Development of Children's Body Knowledge, Using Knowledge of the Lungs as an Exemplar

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Exploring early designs for teaching anatomy and physiology to children using wearable e-textiles

Exploring early designs for teaching anatomy and physiology to children using wearable e-textiles

BodyVis

The journey of a sandwich: computer-based laboratory experiments about the human digestive system in high school biology teaching

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