An investigation of eureka and the affective states surrounding eureka moments

• Main Authors: Andres, Juliana Ma. Alexandra L, Andres, Juan Miguel L, Rodrigo, Ma. Mercedes T, Baker, Ryan S, Beck, Joseph E
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2015
• Subjects: Affect incidence; moment of learning; eureka; Physics Playground; open-ended learning environment; Computer Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/discs-faculty-pubs/138; https://www.upenn.edu/learninganalytics/ryanbaker/paper_47.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper continues prior work conducted on the analysis of moments of student learning in Physics Playground, a learning environment for qualitative physics. The study analyzed data from 60 tenth-grade students who used Physics Playground for 90 minutes. We detected spikes of student learning, or...