Agile Mind Visualizations to Increase High School Biology Learning

The project team will develop interactive animated visualizations iteratively with teacher and student feedback. The researchers will conduct two studies during the project period. In the first study, a prototype of the intervention will be implemented in three classrooms over a 2-month period. This study will gauge student and teacher engagement with the prototype and examine how well the intervention integrates within existing practices. Survey and observational data from this study will be used to refine the intervention. After development is complete, the researchers will conduct a 4-month pilot study in eight classrooms to test the feasibility and usability of the intervention and its promise for increasing student performance in high-school biology classrooms.