Julia Chatain, Rudolf Varga, Violaine Fayolle, Manu Kapur, R. Sumner
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Grounding Graph Theory in Embodied Concreteness with Virtual Reality
Abstract mathematics can be difficult to grasp, in part because it relies on symbols and formalisms that are powerful yet meaningless to novices unless grounded in concreteness. Although a wide corpus of research focuses on concreteness in mathematics education, the notion of concreteness can be apprehended in various ways and it is not yet clear which specific aspects of concreteness help the learners. In this paper, we explore embodiment as a form of concreteness to ground abstract mathematics. First, we designed and evaluated an embodied learning activity on graph theory. Through a user study with 89 participants, we then compared three approaches: abstraction, manipulated concreteness, and embodied concreteness. Our results show that, compared to abstraction, both forms of concreteness increase learners’ perceived attention, confidence, and satisfaction. However, only embodied concreteness increases perceived relevance and grounding. Moreover, unlike manipulated concreteness, embodied concreteness does not impair learning outcomes nor transfer abilities.