Bridging the Educational Research-Teaching Practice Gap: Foundations for Assessing and Developing Biochemistry Students' Visual Literacy

Autor/inn/en	Schonborn, Konrad J.; Anderson, Trevor R.
Titel	Bridging the Educational Research-Teaching Practice Gap: Foundations for Assessing and Developing Biochemistry Students' Visual Literacy
Quelle	In: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 38 (2010) 5, S.347-354 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1470-8175
DOI	10.1002/bmb.20436
Schlagwörter	Biochemistry; Visual Literacy; Thinking Skills; Influences; Models; Student Evaluation; Skill Development; Symbolic Language; Visual Aids; Spatial Ability; Problem Solving; Visualization + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Biochemie; Literacy; Visualization; Visualisation; Schreib- und Lesekompetenz; Visualisierung; Denkfähigkeit; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Analogiemodell; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Symbolsprache; Anschauungsmaterial; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Problemlösen
Abstract	External representations (ERs), such as diagrams, animations, and dynamic models are vital tools for communicating and constructing knowledge in biochemistry. To build a meaningful understanding of structure, function, and process, it is essential that students become visually literate by mastering key cognitive skills that are essential for interpreting and visualizing ERs. In this article, first we describe a model of seven factors influencing students' ability to learn from ERs. Second, we use this model and relevant literature to identify eight cognitive skills central to visual literacy in biochemistry. Third, we present simple examples of tasks as a foundation for designing more sophisticated and complex items for assessing and developing students' visual literacy. We conclude that visual literacy is fundamental to the development of sound conceptual understanding and it is crucial to develop visual skills in parallel with meaningful learning outcomes in all biochemistry curricula. (Contains 3 figures and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10