Teaching with concrete and abstract visual representations: Effects on students' problem solving, problem representations, and learning perceptions.

2011/01/01 by Roxana Moreno, Gamze Ozogul, Gamze Özoğul +1 · 2 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes #Science Education and Pedagogy #Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods

paper · doi:10.1037/a0021995

Abstract

In 3 experiments, we examined the effects of using concrete and/or abstract visual problem representa-tions during instruction on students ’ problem-solving practice, near transfer, problem representations, and learning perceptions. In Experiments 1 and 2, novice students learned about electrical circuit analysis

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