ABSTRACT

Background

Museum exhibits encourage exploration with physical materials typically with minimal signage or guidance. Ideally children get interactive support as they explore, but it is not always feasible to have knowledgeable staff regularly present. Technology-based interactive support can provide guidance to help learners achieve scientific understanding for how and why things work and engineering skills for designing and constructing useful artifacts and for solving important problems. We have developed an innovative AI-based technology, Intelligent Science Exhibits that provide interactive guidance to visitors of an inquiry-based science exhibit.

Methods

We used this technology to investigate alternative views of appropriate levels of guidance in exhibits. We contrasted visitor engagement and learning from interaction with an Intelligent Science Exhibit to a matched conventional exhibit.

Findings

We found evidence that the Intelligent Science Exhibit produces substantially better learning for both scientific and engineering outcomes, equivalent levels of self-reported enjoyment, and higher levels of engagement as measured by the length of time voluntarily spent at the exhibit.

Contribution

These findings show potential for transforming hands-on museum exhibits with intelligent science exhibits and more generally indicate how providing children with feedback on their predictions and scientific explanations enhances their learning and engagement.

中文翻译：

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智能科学展览：将动手展览转化为混合现实学习体验

摘要

背景

博物馆展品鼓励使用物理材料进行探索，通常带有最少的标牌或指导。理想情况下，孩子们在探索时会得到互动支持，但让知识渊博的工作人员定期在场并不总是可行的。基于技术的交互式支持可以提供指导，帮助学习者获得对事物如何和为什么工作的科学理解，以及设计和构建有用的工件和解决重要问题的工程技能。我们开发了一种创新的基于人工智能的技术，智能科学展览，为基于探究的科学展览的参观者提供交互式指导。

方法

我们使用这项技术来研究展览中适当指导水平的替代观点。我们将参观者参与和学习与智能科学展览的互动与匹配的传统展览进行了对比。

发现

我们发现证据表明，智能科学展览对科学和工程成果的学习效果显着提高，自我报告的乐趣水平相当，以及以自愿参加展览的时间长度衡量的更高水平的参与度。

贡献

这些发现显示了将动手博物馆展品转变为智能科学展品的潜力，并且更普遍地表明，为儿童提供有关其预测和科学解释的反馈如何增强他们的学习和参与度。