Computer graphics as a memory aid and a thinking ald
作者:
R. J. Phillips,
期刊:
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
(WILEY Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 2,
issue 1
页码: 37-44
ISSN:0266-4909
年代: 1986
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2729.1986.tb00062.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: Graphics;Graphical design;Computer‐assisted learning;Reasoning;Memory;Visual learning;Thinking.
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractThe increasing use of microcomputers in classrooms opens up new possibilities for using visual, diagrammatic methods of teaching. This article sets out to explain why we sometimes abandon words and turn to graphical methods of communication. It is argued that a well designed graphical display can function as a kind of memory store. This view of the graphical display as a memory aid and a thinking aid suggests three principles for the program designer: parsimony, accessibility and reflection. ‘Progressive graphics’, where a display changes in step with the users' thinking, seem particularly suited to implementation on a compu
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