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Direct linkStieff, M. – Learning and Instruction, 2007
This article presents 3 studies that examine how students and experts employ mental rotation and a learned heuristic to solve chemistry tasks that involve spatial information. Results from Study 1 indicate that despite instruction in analytical strategies, students choose to employ mental rotation on canonical assessment tasks. In Study 2, experts…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Heuristics, Chemistry
Peer reviewedFischer, F.; Bruhn, J.; Grasel, C.; Mandl, H. – Learning and Instruction, 2002
Studied the extent to which collaborative knowledge construction can be fostered by providing students with visualization tools as structural support. Results for 32 college students working in dyads show that providing a content-specific visualization tool improves both the process and the outcome of the cooperative effort. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Cooperation, Cooperative Learning
