Facilitating Understanding of Movements in Dynamic Visualizations: an Embodied Perspective

By B. D. de Koning, Huib K. Tabbers. 2011

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Learners studying mechanical or technical processes via dynamic visualizations often fail to build an accurate mental representation of the system’s movements. Based on embodied theories of cognition assuming that action, perception, and cognition are closely intertwined, this paper proposes that the learning effectiveness of dynamic visualizations could be enhanced by grounding the movements of the presentation in people’s own bodily experiences during learning. We discuss recent research on embodied cognition and provide specific strategies for how the body can be used to ground movements during the learning process: (1) making or observing gestures, (2) manipulating and interacting with objects, (3) using body metaphors, and (4) using eye movements as retrieval cues. Implications for the design of dynamic visualizations as well as directions for future research are presented.

Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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Citations in the corpus

Educational robotics: Open questions and new challenges (2013, background): “Another way to facilitate embodied learning with robotics is to make the learners embody the robotic system, for example by asking learners to reenact or follow movements of robots through gesturing (De Koning & Tabbers, 2011).”
The Science of Visual Data Communication: What Works (2021, background): “Such cues have been shown to help students integrate verbal information when interpreting diagrams (Mautone & Mayer, 2007), graphs (Michal et al., 2018), animations (de Koning & Tabbers, 2011), and other educational materials (Goldin-Meadow, 1999).”
Effects of Observing the Instructor Draw Diagrams on Learning from Multimedia Messages. (2016, background): “…research on the human movement effect in dynamic visuals has involved watching a model’s hands perform procedural tasks, the benefits of observing human movement may also extend to teaching conceptual tasks, such as how a scientific process or mechanical system works (de Koning & Tabbers, 2011).”