Sound effects would enhance this simulation

phetsims / expression-exchange

"Expression Exchange" is an educational simulation in HTML5, by PhET Interactive Simulations.

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Sound effects would enhance this simulation #6

Closed samreid closed 7 years ago

samreid commented 8 years ago

During today's meeting, @jbphet demonstrated the latest expression-exchange. It seems like it would enhance the simulation to add a sound effect for when terms combine and an expression gets larger, and a different sound effect for when an expression gets smaller (if that occurs in the sim). In some simulations, sound effects may be distracting but here I think they could help students more quickly get a better grasp on the concepts.

ariel-phet commented 8 years ago

@amanda-phet seems like a question/consideration for you

amanda-phet commented 8 years ago

When more of the sim functionality is implemented I think this is something we could consider. Right now I'm not sure it it helps to achieve the learning goals, but it's certainly worth discussing.

amanda-phet commented 7 years ago

After seeing students using this sim in interviews, I don't think a sound effect would have added to what the student was learning in the sim without sound.