| The essence of student visual-spatial literacy and higher order thinking skills in undergraduate biology. | |
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PMID: 22048638 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Science, engineering and mathematics-related disciplines have relied heavily on a researcher's ability to visualize phenomena under study and being able to link and superimpose various abstract and concrete representations including visual, spatial, and temporal. The spatial representations are especially important in all branches of biology (in developmental biology time becomes an important dimension), where 3D and often 4D representations are crucial for understanding the phenomena. By the time biology students get to undergraduate education, they are supposed to have acquired visual-spatial thinking skills, yet it has been documented that very few undergraduates and a small percentage of graduate students have had a chance to develop these skills to a sufficient degree. The current paper discusses the literature that highlights the essence of visual-spatial thinking and the development of visual-spatial literacy, considers the application of the visual-spatial thinking to biology education, and proposes how modern technology can help to promote visual-spatial literacy and higher order thinking among undergraduate students of biology. |
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Marina Milner-Bolotin; Samson Madera Nashon |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-11-3 |
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Title: Protoplasma Volume: - ISSN: 1615-6102 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Nov |
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Created Date: 2011-11-3 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9806853 Medline TA: Protoplasma Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, 2125 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada, marina.milner-bolotin@ubc.ca. |
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