TY - GEN
T1 - School curriculum development to promote student spontaneous diagram use in problem solving
AU - Uesaka, Yuri
AU - Manalo, Emmanuel
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Although previous research has demonstrated that diagrams are powerful tools for problem solving, studies relating to educational practices indicate that students manifest various problems in diagram use. There are studies that have proposed teaching methods to address these problems, but these methods are not fully integrated with the school curriculum. This paper reports on the development of an instruction and support program to promote students' spontaneous use of diagrams as part of a school curriculum. The program was provided to students in the first grade of a public high school in collaboration with the teachers. Findings from a survey and interviews with the students showed that, following the program, their daily learning behaviors involving diagram use improved. These findings suggest the effectiveness of providing graphic literacy education as part of the school curriculum.
AB - Although previous research has demonstrated that diagrams are powerful tools for problem solving, studies relating to educational practices indicate that students manifest various problems in diagram use. There are studies that have proposed teaching methods to address these problems, but these methods are not fully integrated with the school curriculum. This paper reports on the development of an instruction and support program to promote students' spontaneous use of diagrams as part of a school curriculum. The program was provided to students in the first grade of a public high school in collaboration with the teachers. Findings from a survey and interviews with the students showed that, following the program, their daily learning behaviors involving diagram use improved. These findings suggest the effectiveness of providing graphic literacy education as part of the school curriculum.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-87730-1_58
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-87730-1_58
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:56549100626
SN - 3540877290
SN - 9783540877295
VL - 5223 LNAI
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 437
EP - 439
BT - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
T2 - 5th International Conference on Diagrammatic Representation and Inference, Diagrams 2008
Y2 - 19 September 2008 through 21 September 2008
ER -