Income Tax Simulation
To help learners construct more efficient and effective mental models for understanding US income tax, we leveraged spatial-analogical reasoning to design a simulation that allowed learners to interactively manipulate different factors and observe the effects.
Team Project
Members: Xin Qiu, Collin Yu, Maurice Boothe Jr., Evgeniya Feoktistova
Collaboration: brainstorming, market analysis, scoping the contents, visual design, storyboarding, wireframing
Features
Simulation Design | Visual Design | Wireframes | Cognitive Design | Affective Design | Motivational DesignInterpretive Graphic & Transformational Graphic | Small Chunks & Self-paced Learning | Active & Interactive Activities
Tools: Powerpoint
Breaking down to basics
To avoid overwhelming learners with the complex tax system, I narrowed down our scope to the fundamental tax concepts that are crucial for US taxpayers to understand in order to better inform their yearly tax calculation, tax plans and financial decisions.
Visualizing the abstracts
To represent the intangible monetary flow of the tax process and specialized terms such as tax brackets, tax deductions, and tax credits, I utilized the common sense of water flow and daily gadgets and organized the analogical system as a visible pipeline.
Engaging learners with a sense of control
To create an active learning experience, I formulated the simulation model that allowed learners to change input variables and see the results that reflected the real tax calculation.
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