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Complex abstract concepts have traditionally been conveyed with formulae or equations, but visualization tools offer new potentials to encapsulate abstract ideas in visual form. Visualizations can aid in learning with their ability to build a mental model through intuitive and harmonious representation, imbuing an idea with palpability and context. The potentials offered in this new communication medium not only have the ability to reshape the nature of the information that is being taught, but stand to redefine the content of the curriculum itself.
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Janzen, B. (2003). The Potentials of Math Visualization and their Impact on the Curriculum. In: Hege, HC., Polthier, K. (eds) Visualization and Mathematics III. Mathematics and Visualization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05105-4_22
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