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"Number Line: Distance" is an educational simulation in HTML5, by PhET Interactive Simulations.
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Incorrect Wording on Explore tab for Fish and Bird Scene? #57

Closed DevonQui closed 3 years ago

DevonQui commented 3 years ago

Test device MacBook Pro

Operating System 11.4

Browser Safari

Problem description This is for https://github.com/phetsims/qa/issues/675

In the fish and bird scene of the Explore tab I noticed that Absolute Value Distance Description said "The fish and the bird have a vertical DISTANCE of X meters" whereas the other two scenes are "The house and the person are X meters APART" and "The DIFFERENCE in temperature is X degrees". The other two scenes describe a difference between two values but the fish and bird scene doesn't really seem to do that with the current wording IMO. Was it supposed to say "the fish and the bird have a vertical DIFFERENCE (not distance) of X meters"?

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open sim
  2. Click on Explore tab
  3. Click "Absolute Value" in the upper left-hand corner and make sure that the Distance Description is turned on
  4. For each of the scenes, drag their respective characters onto the number line and compare how each scene describes the difference between values

Visuals

Screen Shot 2021-07-22 at 12 23 23 PM Screen Shot 2021-07-22 at 12 23 10 PM

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jbphet commented 3 years ago

This seems like a design question. Assigning to @amanda-phet.

amanda-phet commented 3 years ago

Thanks for bringing this up @DevonQui . We definitely struggled with the language in the third scene, but since I specifically made sure students interpreted it correctly in interviews, I'm inclined to leave all of the language as it is. Also, each scene is a new context and needs contextual language, and doesn't need to be 100% the same.

Closing without making any changes.