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Visual Representations Enhance Learning: A Guide for Students

Research supports the use of visual representations to help students connect related topics, organize ideas, and improve learning outcomes in subjects like geometry and chemistry. By utilizing thinking maps and visual representation software, students can enhance their understanding and recall of key concepts, fostering better reading, writing, and critical thinking skills. Emphasizing patterns and three-dimensional forms aids in generating explanations and developing a deeper comprehension of complex subjects.

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Visual Representations Enhance Learning: A Guide for Students

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  1. Visual representations help students recognize how related topics connect (NCTM, 2000). • Finding patterns helps students organize their ideas so that they can later recall and apply what they have learned. Research has shown an increase in understanding of geometry when students learn to represent and visualize three-dimensional forms (Bransford et al., 1999; Lehrer & Chazen, 1998). • After brainstorming to generate ideas, students can improve their reading, writing, and thinking skills by using thinking maps to help them organize key concepts in a visual way (Hyerle, 1996). • Using visual representation software in a science classroom helps students express their developing understanding of core chemistry concepts in the form of visual representations that are readily created and shared. These representations help students generate explanations of the phenomena they are investigating. (Michalchik, V., Rosenquist, A., Kozma, R., Kreikemeier, P., Schank, P., & Coppola, B., in press).

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