The effects of visualization format and spatial ability on learning star motions.
The purpose of this study was to investigate not only the effectiveness of dynamic versus static visualizations on learning star motions but also the influence of students' spatial abilities with these two types of visualizations on their learning. We assigned 155 fifth‐grade students to either a dy...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 61 - 70 |
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| Formato: | clinical trial pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Feb2020
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=141167014&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 141167014 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 02664909 6M1 jtl: Journal of Computer Assisted Learning issn: 02664909 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Feb2020 vid: 36 iid: 1 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 141167014 141167014 141167014 10.1111/jcal.12390 141167014 ppf: 61 ppct: 9 formats: tig: atl: The effects of visualization format and spatial ability on learning star motions. aug: au: Wang, Tzu‐Ling Tseng, Yi‐Kuan affil: Graduate Institute of Mathematics and Science Education, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan sug: subj: Astronomy Spatial Perception Outcomes of Education Learning Methods Spatial Behavior Human Child Male Female Professional Development Pretest-Posttest Design Two-Way Analysis of Variance Clinical Trials Funding Source Child: 6-12 years Male Female ab: The purpose of this study was to investigate not only the effectiveness of dynamic versus static visualizations on learning star motions but also the influence of students' spatial abilities with these two types of visualizations on their learning. We assigned 155 fifth‐grade students to either a dynamic or a static condition. We used a science achievement test to measure student learning outcomes by assessing knowledge acquisition. We classified students as having either a low or high spatial ability based on their test scores for primary mental abilities, specifically spatial relations. The results showed that dynamic visualizations were more effective than static visualizations for learning complex concepts involving star motions. Furthermore, learners' spatial abilities had a positive effect on their learning outcomes but did not moderate the effectiveness of dynamic versus static visualizations for learning in this domain. Our findings suggest that when designing instructional materials, the dynamic properties of visualizations should be aligned with the dynamic nature of the subject matter. We conclude that students' spatial abilities are beneficial to learning, especially when they are studying a complex domain that demands spatial changes and moving processes; therefore, our findings support the importance of assessing spatial ability in learning with visualizations. Lay Description: What is already known about this topic: The individual differences such as spatial ability play a critical role that moderates the effectiveness of dynamic and static visualizations during learning.The impact of various computer‐based environments and students' individual differences on learning outcomes is inconsistent in the literature.The learning content is one important factor to affect the effectiveness of visualizations. What this paper adds: To synthesize the investigation of the impact of various visualizations on learning associated with spatial ability and a dynamic learning content.To verify the advantages of the computer‐based environment in various visualizations and extended the verification to the astronomy domain content. Implications for practice and/or policy: Dynamic visualizations are not only more effective for learning complex concepts of star motions than are static visualizations but also especially beneficial to students for constructing a deeper understanding of this dynamic domain involving change over time in space.Learners with higher levels of spatial ability are able to better comprehend the spatially complex content like motions of stars from either dynamic or static visualizations. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: clinical trial pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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