Seeing the Data ... and Beyond: Gordon Research Conference, Workshops, and Mini-Grants to Foster Visualization Research in Science and Education

科学家们越来越多地将他们不容易看到或充分理解的东西可视化：从纳米分子和纳米结构到宇宙现实；真实和抽象，简单和复杂的现象。在图形专家的帮助下，科学家还为复杂的数据集制作可视化地图，以便更好地理解这些数据。科学教育者经常使用科学家创造的图像来促进学生的学习。然而，科学家和科学教育者之间的联系往往很弱。可视化的发展可能很少涉及到对学习者的认知需求。教育工作者可能会以科学上不准确的方式使用可视化。这项拨款的目的是培育一个由科学家和教育工作者组成的社区，以促进科学可视化的发展和教育用途。本项目分为三个阶段。第一阶段是由一位认知科学家和一位化学教育家组织的一系列会前研讨会，重点是“评估可视化的有效性”和“可视化设计的概念方面”。第二个是2007年7月1日至6日在罗德岛举行的戈登研究会议。第三阶段将是一系列小额资助，以刺激可视化和学习的跨学科研究设计。

Increasingly, scientists create visualizations of what they cannot easily see or adequately comprehend: from nano-molecules and nano-structures to cosmic reality; of phenomena real and abstract, simple and complex. With the aid of graphics specialists, scientists also make visual maps of complex data sets in order to comprehend better those data. Science educators often use images created by scientists to facilitate student learning. The connections, however, between and among scientists and science educators are often weak. Visualizations may be developed with little reference to the cognitive demands placed on learners. Educators may use the visualizations in ways that are not scientifically accurate.The purpose of this grant is to nourish a community of scientists and educators to advance the development and educational usefulness of scientific visualizations.This project consists of three phases. The first phase is a series of pre-conference workshops organized by a cognitive scientist and a chemistry educator, focusing on "Assessing the Effectiveness of Visualizations" and "Conceptual Aspects of Visualization Design." The second is the Gordon Research Conference itself on July 1-6, 2007, in Rhode Island. The third phase will be a series of mini-grants to stimulate the design of cross-disciplinary research in visualization and learning.