eprintid: 1474985
rev_number: 22
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datestamp: 2016-02-23 14:23:47
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type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Sakr, M
creators_name: Jewitt, C
creators_name: Price, S
title: The Semiotic Work of the Hands in Scientific Enquiry
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
divisions: J77
keywords: embodied interaction, multimodality, scientific enquiry, tangible learning environment, hand action
note: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Classroom Discourse on 8 January 2014, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/19463014.2013.868078.
abstract: This paper takes a multimodal approach to analyzing embodied interaction and discourses of scientific investigation using an interactive tangible tabletop. It argues that embodied forms of interaction are central to science inquiry. More specifically, the paper examines the role of hand actions in the development of descriptions and explanations of scientific phenomena in tangible digital learning environments. It reports an observational study of primary school students aged 10-11 years conducting scientific investigations via an interactive tangible tabletop. Through the systematic tracking and analysis of hand action in line with phases of scientific inquiry the paper maps, critiques and extends previous research, notably Roth?s concept of a ?developmental trajectory?, to develop a ?taxonomy? of hand actions for scientific inquiry in tangible digital learning environments. The paper concludes by presenting an alternative model through which to understand the semiotic role of the hands in scientific inquiry, one in which different hand actions do not follow a simple developmental sequence, but instead fulfill different functions across the inquiry process.
date: 2014-01-08
date_type: published
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19463014.2013.868078
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1069931
doi: 10.1080/19463014.2013.868078
lyricists_name: Jewitt, Carey
lyricists_name: Price, Sara
lyricists_id: CJEWI83
lyricists_id: SJPRI92
actors_name: Price, Sara
actors_id: SJPRI92
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Classroom Discourse
volume: 5
number: 1
pagerange: 51-70
citation:        Sakr, M;    Jewitt, C;    Price, S;      (2014)    The Semiotic Work of the Hands in Scientific Enquiry.                   Classroom Discourse , 5  (1)   pp. 51-70.    10.1080/19463014.2013.868078 <https://doi.org/10.1080/19463014.2013.868078>.       Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1474985/1/Sakr_Classroom%20discourse%20final.pdf