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|content_header=The basic idea of the research project is that a successful knowledge acquisition with dynamic visualizations is a resource intensive process which requires simultaneous and optimized availability of different learning resources. This particularly comprises different processing capabilities of the cognitive system, functionalities of the applied computer technology and didactically substantiated contents and representations. Accordingly, the instructional potential of dynamic visualizations can only effectively evolve if these different learning resources are available in a coordinated way for a concrete knowledge acquisition scenario. This hypothesis will be investigated in formal learning settings (e.g. school, university) as well as in informal learning settings (e.g. aquarium, diving excursion) for a natural sciences domain, the locomotion of fish. | |content_header=The basic idea of the research project is that a successful knowledge acquisition with dynamic visualizations is a resource intensive process which requires simultaneous and optimized availability of different learning resources. This particularly comprises different processing capabilities of the cognitive system, functionalities of the applied computer technology and didactically substantiated contents and representations. Accordingly, the instructional potential of dynamic visualizations can only effectively evolve if these different learning resources are available in a coordinated way for a concrete knowledge acquisition scenario. This hypothesis will be investigated in formal learning settings (e.g. school, university) as well as in informal learning settings (e.g. aquarium, diving excursion) for a natural sciences domain, the locomotion of fish. | ||
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The aim of the project is to support the understanding of complex dynamic processes in the Natural Sciences. Thereby we draw attention to conducive design of dynamic visualizations while considering and developing findings from cognitive and media psychology. Within this context we study the following topics: | The aim of the project is to support the understanding of complex dynamic processes in the Natural Sciences. Thereby we draw attention to conducive design of dynamic visualizations while considering and developing findings from cognitive and media psychology. Within this context we study the following topics: | ||
mental resources | mental resources | ||
processing capacity | *processing capacity | ||
attention | *working memory | ||
modality- and codality-based processing channels | *attention | ||
*modality- and codality-based processing channels | |||
learner requirements | learner requirements | ||
domain specific knowledge structures within long-term memory | *domain specific knowledge structures within long-term memory | ||
expertise regarding cognitive and metacognitive processing strategies | *expertise regarding cognitive and metacognitive processing strategies | ||
spatial ability, visual literacy | *spatial ability, visual literacy | ||
|title_footer=Expected Results | |title_footer=Expected Results | ||