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On Designing Screen Images to Generate Mental Images

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Exploiting Mental Imagery with Computers in Mathematics Education

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What is the relationship between screen images and mental images?

Suppose you want students to acquire a set of mental images to help them think about a topic. What is the best way to use images on a computer or video screen to achieve this? As a designer of screen images, how do you increase the chances that someone will acquire the mental images you wish to convey?

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  1. Shell Centre for Mathematical Education, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK

    Richard J. Phillips, John Gillespie & Daniel Pead

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computing Institute of Education, University of London, London, WC1H 0AL, UK

    Rosamund Sutherland

  2. Mathematics Faculty, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK

    John Mason

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Phillips, R.J., Gillespie, J., Pead, D. (1995). On Designing Screen Images to Generate Mental Images. In: Sutherland, R., Mason, J. (eds) Exploiting Mental Imagery with Computers in Mathematics Education. NATO ASI Series, vol 138. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57771-0_15

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