{"pk":25952,"title":"The Role of Embodiment on Children’s Understanding and Motivation in Science\nLearning","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Students’ beliefs about a subject influence their comprehension and learning of that subject (Ornek et. al., 2008).\nMany students consider science as a difficult subject to learn. Therefore, this study explored a new way in helping elementary\nchildren understand abstract science concepts using embodiment, or physically moving their own bodies. Students engaged\nin activities that helped them learn about abstract science concepts by physically performing tasks related to these science\nconcepts. The purpose of this study was to examine the importance and role of embodiment in students’ understanding and\nmotivation in elementary science learning. The results provide evidence to suggest that embodiment has remarkable potential\nto enhance both children’s understanding and motivation in abstract scientific concepts through the use embodiment.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Member Abstracts","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5gt920cj","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Carol","middle_name":"M","last_name":"Lu","name_suffix":"","institution":"Teachers College, Columbia University","department":""},{"first_name":"John","middle_name":"B","last_name":"Black","name_suffix":"","institution":"Teachers College, Columbia University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2015-01-01T21:00:00+03:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/25952/galley/15576/download/"}]}