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Kastens, Kim A.; Shipley, Thomas F.; Boone, Alexander P.; Straccia, Frances – Journal of Astronomy & Earth Sciences Education, 2016
This study examines how geoscience experts and novices make meaning from an iconic type of data visualization: shaded relief images of bathymetry and topography. Participants examined, described, and interpreted a global image, two high-resolution seafloor images, and 2 high-resolution continental images, while having their gaze direction…
Descriptors: Expertise, Novices, Earth Science, Visual Aids
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Angeli, Charoula; Valanides, Nicos – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2013
The present study investigated the problem-solving performance of 101 university students and their interactions with a computer modeling tool in order to solve a complex problem. Based on their performance on the hidden figures test, students were assigned to three groups of field-dependent (FD), field-mixed (FM), and field-independent (FI)…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer System Design, Cognitive Style, Immigration