Individual Differences in the Use of an External Visualization during an Internal Visualization Task
Year: 2005
Type: article
Abstract: Individual differences can influence a learner’s ability to extract information from dynamic, interactive animations. (Lowe, 2004). In three previous experiments, the author demonstrated that 1) spatial ability; and 2) the frequency with which participants interacted with an animated computer model made significant contributions to performance on a spatial visualization task in which they had to imagine and draw the cross-section of a three-dimensional object (Cohen et al., 2004). The present protocol study investigated the strategy differences between high- and low- spatial individuals, including differences on how they interacted with 3D visualizations during task performance. Method Six graduate students (3 high- and 3 low-spatial ability)
Authors: Cheryl A. Cohen, Mary Hegarty
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2769331789