The room in the elevator hub on the 7th floor of KCAD's Fountain building. The room was well lit.
The procedure was run by Brad, Sarah and Aubrey on Tuesday. Brad, Holly and Alysia ran the procedure on Thursday.
There were 10-12 seats for the middle-schoolers to sit in, and about 8-10 fit in the table. 2-4 students had to sit apart from the table as there was not enough room for the students on either day. There was a TV at the end of the table and the Epic Science GIFs were displayed on that.
EPIC Science is a a website containing amusing animated gifs explaining science concepts. The website is search-able and indexes content according to the Next Generation Science Standards indexes. The lessons are targeted towards grades 5-8.
User Test Report: EPIC Science
TEST DATE: JAN 30 & FEB 1 2018
10-12 middle school-aged kids per group.
5 groups total; 2 on Tuesday and 3 on Thursday.
Brad and Aubrey chose the animations during the first group on Tuesday while Sarah recorded. Brad read aloud the caption to the right of the GIF and Aubrey read aloud the caption inside the GIF. Brad provided sound effects to fill lulls in the students' reactions.
During the second group, Brad continued to read aloud the captions to the right, Sarah read the captions on the GIFs and Aubrey recorded. This time, the students chose the animations they wanted to see to provide more interaction from the audience, which was more effective.
The intended use of these animations is that teachers would use them one at a time, as a component within a lesson on a very specific science principle. For that reason, the animations effectiveness in-context, was not able to be assessed. What was assessed was the ability for a variety of animation types to be engaging in their own right, for middle school students. Here is what we found:
A pattern would be if 10 or more subjects have a similar response. The patterns can often be in-line with the observational framework or types of questions asked. But, they can also reveal themselves outside of those categories. Include the percentages for the patterns. For instance; 10 similar responses out of 60 subjects would be 17% ( 10➗60).
Clarity