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Scaffolding Design to Bridge the Gaps between Machine Learning and Scientific Discovery for K-12 STEM Education

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Abdul Moid Munawar,

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IDC '21: Proceedings of the 20th Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference

Pages 604 - 609

https://doi.org/10.1145/3459990.3465194

Published: 24 June 2021 Publication History

Abstract

Machine Learning (ML) can provide an advanced lens for K-12 students to get their hands on intriguing patterns from real-world data and has the potential to empower young learners with more challenging cognitive skills needed for iterative scientific investigation. However, few efforts have been taken to unearth the unique challenges to engage K-12 teachers and students in ML-empowered scientific discovery (SD) learning. Moreover, it is under-explored what scaffolding can be designed to mitigate the challenges. Based on our previous study and literature research, we identified three gaps for novice learners to conduct ML-empowered SD: (1) cognitive overload in ML visual analytics; (2) insufficient synthesis of multivariate patterns for hypothesis development; (3) the lack of evidence evaluation during the iterative investigation. We also propose three corresponding scaffolding components and evaluation studies for the next step.

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