{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2953512343","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3311890.3311925","title":"How Science Fiction Worldbuilding Supports Students' Scientific Explanation","display_name":"How Science Fiction Worldbuilding Supports Students' Scientific Explanation","publication_year":2019,"publication_date":"2019-03-09","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2953512343","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3311890.3311925","mag":"2953512343"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3311890.3311925","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3311890.3311925","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of FabLearn 2019","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5025876950","display_name":"Camillia Matuk","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4067-1322"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I57206974","display_name":"New York University","ror":"https://ror.org/0190ak572","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I57206974"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Camillia Matuk","raw_affiliation_strings":["Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, New York University, New York, NY, United States"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, New York University, New York, NY, United States","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I57206974"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5053355892","display_name":"Talia Hurwich","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8786-9678"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I57206974","display_name":"New York University","ror":"https://ror.org/0190ak572","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I57206974"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Talia Hurwich","raw_affiliation_strings":["Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, New York University, New York, NY, United States"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, New York University, New York, NY, United States","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I57206974"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5056950379","display_name":"Anna Amato","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0039-0224"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I57206974","display_name":"New York University","ror":"https://ror.org/0190ak572","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I57206974"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Anna Amato","raw_affiliation_strings":["Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, New York University, New York, NY, United States"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, New York University, New York, NY, United States","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I57206974"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I57206974"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":4.0928,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":9,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.94136393,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"193","last_page":"196"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10072","display_name":"Science Education and Pedagogy","score":0.9959999918937683,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10072","display_name":"Science Education and Pedagogy","score":0.9959999918937683,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10731","display_name":"Educational Games and Gamification","score":0.9952999949455261,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10533","display_name":"Teaching and Learning Programming","score":0.9769999980926514,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/affordance","display_name":"Affordance","score":0.9005283117294312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/science-learning","display_name":"Science learning","score":0.6743032932281494},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.47170495986938477},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/science-education","display_name":"Science education","score":0.44091495871543884},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics-education","display_name":"Mathematics education","score":0.36204928159713745},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.31169238686561584},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human\u2013computer-interaction","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","score":0.24038082361221313}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C194995250","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q531136","display_name":"Affordance","level":2,"score":0.9005283117294312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2984419406","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2485457","display_name":"Science learning","level":3,"score":0.6743032932281494},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.47170495986938477},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44877443","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2485457","display_name":"Science education","level":2,"score":0.44091495871543884},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145420912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853077","display_name":"Mathematics education","level":1,"score":0.36204928159713745},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.31169238686561584},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.24038082361221313}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3311890.3311925","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3311890.3311925","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of FabLearn 2019","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":9,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1573837287","https://openalex.org/W1607675442","https://openalex.org/W2023180340","https://openalex.org/W2034341767","https://openalex.org/W2116470496","https://openalex.org/W2118257175","https://openalex.org/W2639341865","https://openalex.org/W4213051584","https://openalex.org/W4301041736"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2082708074","https://openalex.org/W2006318279","https://openalex.org/W2076618567","https://openalex.org/W2091766793","https://openalex.org/W2092817997","https://openalex.org/W1996577961","https://openalex.org/W1660240356","https://openalex.org/W2795598722","https://openalex.org/W1677457731","https://openalex.org/W2766418085"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Creating":[0],"science":[1,18,49,53,75,102],"fiction":[2,19,73],"can":[3],"engage":[4],"both":[5],"imagination":[6],"and":[7,43,59,61,74,81],"scientific":[8],"reasoning.":[9],"We":[10,92],"offer":[11],"examples":[12],"of":[13],"middle":[14],"school":[15],"students":[16,45,69],"building":[17],"explanations":[20],"to":[21,76,90,112],"justify":[22],"their":[23],"decisions":[24],"during":[25],"a":[26,101],"week-long":[27],"role-playing":[28],"game":[29,79],"(RPG)":[30],"design":[31,96],"workshop.":[32],"Findings":[33],"show":[34,66],"how":[35,82],"worldbuilding---that":[36],"is,":[37],"defining":[38],"the":[39,67],"game's":[40],"setting,":[41],"history,":[42],"characters---supported":[44],"in":[46,71,84,114],"formulating":[47],"relevant":[48],"questions,":[50],"integrating":[51],"various":[52],"ideas":[54],"into":[55],"complex":[56],"mechanistic":[57],"explanations,":[58],"articulating":[60],"critiquing":[62],"ideas.":[63],"They":[64],"also":[65,106],"challenges":[68],"faced":[70],"balancing":[72],"create":[77],"credible":[78],"worlds;":[80],"differences":[83],"participation":[85],"affected":[86],"collaborators'":[87],"ultimate":[88],"abilities":[89],"explain.":[91],"conclude":[93],"that":[94],"RPG":[95],"has":[97],"many":[98],"affordances":[99],"as":[100],"learning":[103],"environment,":[104],"but":[105],"particular":[107],"caveats":[108],"for":[109],"formal":[110],"educators":[111],"bear":[113],"mind.":[115]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-06-26T08:34:08.712188","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}