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Visible PhysicsBen Rogers

Director of Curriculum and Pedagogy: Paradigm Trust

problem solving

Visible PhysicsBen Rogers - Director of Curriculum and Pedagogy: Paradigm Trust

memory teaching gesture

Memory

The Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve - 1885

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gravitational potentialgravitational potentialgravitational potential

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The Surprisingly Powerful Influence of Drawing on LearningThe Picture Superiority Effect

Source: Fernandez et al 2018

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gravitational potentialgravitational potentialgravitational potential

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The Surprisingly Powerful Influence of Drawing on LearningThe Picture Superiority Effect

Source: Fernandez et al 2018

Source: Fernandez et al 2018

The Surprisingly Powerful Influence of Drawing on LearningThe Picture Superiority Effect

Teaching

Should I explain a visual?

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Should I explain a visual?

Source: Kalyuga, Chandler and Sweller (2000)

5N

F

How should I explain my visual?

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This chart shows the temperature level rise over the past 170 years. Scientists say this is at least in part attributable to human activity - the artificial increase in CO2 levels globally.

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How should I explain my visual?

verbal labeled separate text

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This chart shows the temperature level rise over the past 170 years. Scientists say this is at least in part attributable to human activity - the artificial increase in CO2 levels globally.

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How should I explain my visual?

verbal labeled separate text

Source: Moreno and Mayer 1990

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Long Term MemoryWorking MemoryExternal Memory

Long Term MemoryWorking MemoryExternal Memory

visual

audio

TeachingOrganising Knowledge

Compare

Group

Sequence

Cause and Effect

Different DifferentSimilar

The Earth orbits the Sun.

The Earth has liquid oceans.

The Earth has an atmosphere.

Both are approximately spherical.

Both rotate.

Both have gravity.

The Moon orbits the Earth.

The Moon has no atmosphere.

The Moon’s orbital period is the same as its rotation period.

Different DifferentSimilar

Ishikawa Diagram - Cause and Effect

Ishikawa Diagram - Cause and Effect

Why do I a need to keep pedalling to stay at the same velocity?

Ishikawa Diagram - Cause and Effect

Friction between the road and the wheels

Force resisting motion

Air resistanceFriction between the axles and wheels

Force resisting motionForce resisting motion

Why do I a need to keep pedalling to stay at the same velocity?

TeachingTidy Layouts Reduce Cognitive Load

Using the Grid

Using the Grid

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This chart shows the temperature level rise over the past 170 years. Scientists say this is at least in part attributable to human activity - the artificial increase in CO2 levels globally.

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How should I explain my visual?

verbal labeled separate text

Source: Moreno and Mayer 1990

retri

eval

Should I add ‘seductive’ details?

Source: Harp and Mayer 1997

seductive illustration

1000s killed by lightning …..

seductive text

core information

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core with seductive

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core with both

Adding detail intended to motivate and engage has a detrimental effect on learning.

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Source: Harp and Mayer 1997

SummaryExplaining Images

● Explain images to novices (not to experts)

● Verbal beats labeled

Labelling Images

● Dual coding increases retention

● Avoid the Split Attention Effect

Tidiness Matters

● Use ‘the grid’ to design slides

● Insist on tidy working

Problem Solving

Computational Efficiency: Search and Inference

One end of a rope is secured to the floor while the other end is passed through a pulley directly above. The free end of the rope is attached to a 5N weight. The weight is suspended by the rope.

What is the size of the force required to suspend the pulley?

Why a Diagram is (Sometimes) Worth Ten Thousand Words: Larkin and Simon (1987)

Computational Efficiency: Search and Inference

5N

FOne end of a rope is secured to the floor while the other end is passed through a pulley directly above. The free end of the rope is attached to a 5N weight. The weight is suspended by the rope.

What is the size of the force required to suspend the pulley?

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Why a Diagram is (Sometimes) Worth Ten Thousand Words: Larkin and Simon (1987)

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Retort stand

masses

spring

How much detail?

A demonstration, photo or video often shows too much detail for a novice.

This is a representational visual: it shows where the parts go.

This is an explanatory visual: it shows the relationship between parts.

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Retort stand

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How much detail?

concrete pictorial abstract

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How much detail?

concrete pictorial abstract

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Concrete and Abstract

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Concrete and Abstract

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Concrete

GPE

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GPE

KE

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Concrete

Abstract

Concrete

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GPE KE

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Concrete

Abstract GPEKE

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Concrete

Abstract

Potential Difference

Charges travelling

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Concrete

Abstract

SummaryComputational Efficiency

● Design diagrams and visuals to reduce search and inference.

Concrete Pictorial Abstract

● Move up and down the ladder of abstraction.

Drawing with the Body“When thought overflows the mind, the mind puts it back into the world.”

Tversky 2018

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Iconic - representing an action through gesture.

Deitic - pointing at imaginary objects.

Metaphoric - hand signals which represent abstract ideas.

Beats - gestures to punctuate a list.

Emblem - classroom gestures with agreed meaning.

Gestures for Thinking

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Gestures for Explaining

Kang, Hallman, Son and Black 2012

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Gestures for Explaining

Kang, Hallman, Son and Black 2012

post test #1

post test #2

video - talk alone

video - talk + gesture

n=184 Transfertest

24h

Does Teacher Gesture Improve Learning?

Cook, Duffy and Fenn 2013

Cook, Duffy and Fenn 2013

Source: Novac, Congdon Hemani-Lopez Goldin-Meadow (2002)

Learners encouraged to use concrete action

Learners encouraged to use concrete gesture

Learners encouraged to use abstract gesture

n=90

Should we encourage learners to use gesture?

SummaryGestures Support Memory● When learners use

gesture, retrieval is enhanced.

Gestures Support Teaching● When teachers use

gesture, learning is enhanced.

Gestures Support Problem Solving● When learners are

encouraged to use gesture, problem solving is enhanced.

Theoretical Influences in this Presentation

Oliver Caviglioli Clark and Lyons Barbara Tversky

Graphical Influences in this Presentation

Byrne’s Euclid Grid System xkcd

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