Visual Learning in Science and Engineering

科学与工程中的视觉学习

• 批准号: 0407830
• 负责人: Michael McGrath
• 金额: $ 3.05万
• 依托单位: Association Computing Machinery
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-04-15 至 2006-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0407830&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Visual; Learning; Science; Engineering

Computer Science (31)We define visual learning for science and engineering as the use of images and animations to enable and enhance learning at all levels. These visual learning methods are: opening up new ways of problem solving; providing new ways to think about science and engineering; and enhancing the education and practice of science and engineering Visual learning is important in engineering and science because problems are increasingly complex, and visual thinking gives us the ability to understand relationships and behavior in complex situations. Students must learn to think visually and communicate their ideas visually to peers and the general public. However, most science teachers and students know little about visual communication capabilities and techniques, and they can cause misunderstanding through the misuse of shapes, colors, and animation. This is compounded by cultural differences in how students from different parts of the world react to shapes, colors, and other visual representations. Since collaborations are important for gaining further insights into scientific phenomena, learning to understand how other cultures interpret images and communicate visually is often vitally important. McGrath and Brown co-chaired the first interdisciplinary workshop on Visual Learning in Science and Engineering in 2002. Conclusions were that visual thinking is crucial to the future of learning in science and engineering, that a visual language can communicate most effectively in some situations, and that all science and engineering students should have exposure to creating visualizations. This project addresses these conclusions and elaborates on more specific goals and implementation. Further globalization of this work is also essential to obtain the Asian experience. This project refines the ideas from the 2002 workshop and merges them with new views. The resultant white paper is expected to influence future curricula in science and engineering. Both investigators have vast experience in organizing workshops and writing technical reports that are high quality and professional, yet easily read and understood.

计算机科学（31）我们将科学和工程的视觉学习定义为使用图像和动画来实现和增强各级学习。这些视觉学习方法是：开辟解决问题的新方法;提供思考科学和工程的新方法;加强科学和工程的教育和实践视觉学习在工程和科学中很重要，因为问题越来越复杂，视觉思维使我们能够理解复杂情况下的关系和行为。学生必须学会用视觉思考，并将他们的想法用视觉传达给同龄人和公众。然而，大多数科学教师和学生对视觉传达能力和技术知之甚少，他们可能会通过滥用形状，颜色和动画引起误解。来自世界不同地区的学生对形状、颜色和其他视觉表现的反应方式存在文化差异，这使问题更加复杂。由于合作对于深入了解科学现象非常重要，因此学习了解其他文化如何解释图像和视觉交流通常至关重要。2002年，麦格拉思和布朗共同主持了第一个关于科学和工程视觉学习的跨学科研讨会。结论是，视觉思维是至关重要的未来的学习科学和工程，视觉语言可以在某些情况下最有效地沟通，所有的科学和工程专业的学生应该有机会创造可视化。本项目针对这些结论，并阐述了更具体的目标和执行情况。这项工作的进一步全球化对于获得亚洲经验也是必不可少的。这个项目提炼了2002年研讨会的想法，并将它们与新的观点融合在一起。由此产生的白色文件预计将影响未来的科学和工程课程。两位调查员在组织研讨会和撰写高质量和专业的技术报告方面都有丰富的经验，但易于阅读和理解。