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Stieff, Mike; Wilensky, Uri – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2003
Describes a novel modeling and simulation package and assesses its impact on students' understanding of chemistry. Connected Chemistry was implemented inside the NetLogo modeling environment. Using Connected Chemistry, students employed problem -solving techniques characterized by stronger attempts at conceptual understanding and logical…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cognitive Structures, College Students, Comprehension
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Lin, Xia; White, Howard D.; Buzydlowski, Jan – Information Processing & Management, 2003
Describes the design and implementation of a prototype visualization system, AuthorLink, to enhance author searching. AuthorLink is based on author co-citation analysis and visualization mapping algorithms. AuthorLink produces interactive author maps in real time from a database of 1.26 million records supplied by the Institute for Scientific…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Authors, Citation Analysis, Citations (References)
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Gothelf, Carole R.; Petroff, Jerry G.; Teich, Jennifer W. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2003
This article discusses the acquisition of self-control using relaxation and guided imagery. These methods can be used in conjunction with other effective teaching tools to enable people who are deaf-blind to lead self-determined lives. An audiotape guided imagery script and a guided imagery script on index cards are described. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adults, Counseling Techniques, Deaf Blind, Elementary Secondary Education
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Yang, Eun-mi; Andre, Thomas; Greenbowe, Thomas J. – International Journal of Science Education, 2003
Examines the impact of computer animations that illustrate chemical reactions occurring inside a battery on students enrolled in a college introductory chemistry course. Implies that instructor-guided animations may help students acquire a better understanding of targeted chemistry concepts, and that the relationship between narration, spatial…
Descriptors: Animation, Chemistry, Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation
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Flores, Alfinio – ON-Math, 2002
Presents interactive parabolas created from straight segments using a dynamic geometry software and its web component. (Author/KHR)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Learning Strategies
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Leide, John E.; Large, Andrew; Beheshti, Jamshid; Brooks, Martin; Cole, Charles – Information Processing & Management, 2003
Describes the visualization of a navigation classification scheme in an information retrieval (IR) system. Highlights include Charles Cutter's rules for creating a dictionary catalog; user needs; an example of undergraduate research using this scheme; and user interaction with the IR system. (Contains 64 references.) (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Higher Education, Information Retrieval
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Goldberg, Bruce – Psychology: A Journal of Human Behavior, 1990
Discusses concept of time in therapy, presenting theoretical and clinical foundations to illustrate the validity of guiding patients into past lives and future lifetimes through hypnosis to resolve self-defeating sequences. (Author/TE)
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Hypnosis, Memory
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Dunkels, Andrejs – Arithmetic Teacher, 1990
Provided are activities for creating tangrams. Illustrates how to make tangrams and use them. (YP)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometric Concepts, Geometric Constructions
Kaput, James J. – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1989
Describes environments for concretely enacting multiplication and division. Discusses difficulties occurring when students use one of the concrete environments to model situations involving modified environments. (YP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Computer Assisted Instruction, Division, Elementary School Mathematics
Konvisser, Marc – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1989
Discusses a technique for graphically composing functions. Describes three-step composition procedures in two- and three-dimensional rectangular coordinate systems. Provides three examples. (YP)
Descriptors: Algebra, Functions (Mathematics), Mathematical Concepts, Mathematical Enrichment
Harel, Guershon – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1989
Describes learning difficulties students may have with the basic notions of linear algebra and three phases of abstraction. Discusses results of a program based on the abstraction process. (YP)
Descriptors: Algebra, College Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Education
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Rieber, Lloyd P. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1995
Presents a historical overview of visualization as a cognitive strategy in human creativity, discovery, and problem-solving. Highlights include visualization as a cognitive strategy for solving everyday problems; visualization by scientists and inventors; counter examples; and implications for multimedia learning environments, instructional…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Discovery Processes, Educational Environment
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Issing, Ludwig J. – Educational Media International, 1994
Defines multimedia didactics and notes instructional aids they offer. Highlights include interactivity within learning programs; the visualization and presentation of learning contents; the effectiveness in information programs; and the challenge of multimedia didactics for research and teaching. (AEF)
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Interaction
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Gordin, Douglas N.; And Others – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1994
Describes the design of a learning environment, called the Climate Visualizer, intended to facilitate scientific sense-making in high school classrooms by providing students the ability to craft, inspect, and annotate scientific visualizations. Discusses how visualizations can promote creation of scientific theories, especially in conjunction with…
Descriptors: Climate, Computer Networks, Educational Technology, High School Students
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Goff, Kathy; Torrance, E. Paul – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1991
This paper explores the relationship between mental activity and physical well-being, through examination of such component activities as imagery, relaxation, sociodrama, and play. The paper concludes that wellness involves the physical and mental health of an individual, positive future images, and true communication with ourselves and others.…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Dramatic Play, Imagery
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