1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450006703321

Titolo

How students learn [[electronic resource] ] : history in the classroom / / Committee on How People Learn, A Targeted Report for Teachers ; M. Suzanne Donovan and John D. Bransford, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2005

ISBN

0-309-54799-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DonovanSuzanne

BransfordJohn

Disciplina

370.1523

Soggetti

Learning

Classroom management

Curriculum planning

History - Study and teaching (Elementary)

History - Study and teaching (Secondary)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes the introduction and concluding chapter and the the subset of chapters focusing on history from How students learn : history, mathematics, and science in the classroom.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction""; ""Part I HISTORY""; ""2 Putting Principles into Practice: Understanding History""; ""3 Putting Principles into Practice: Teaching and Planning""; ""4 "They Thought the World Was Flat?" Applying the Principles of How People Learn in Teaching High School History""; ""A FINAL SYNTHESIS: REVISITING THE THREE LEARNING PRINCIPLES""; ""13 Pulling Threads""; ""Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Contributors""; ""Index""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910957064303321

Autore

Ware Colin

Titolo

Information visualization : perception for design / / Colin Ware

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier/MK, c2013

ISBN

9781283735100

1283735105

9780123814654

0123814650

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (537 p.)

Collana

Interactive Technologies

Disciplina

152.14

Soggetti

Information visualization

Visual perception

Visualization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preface; About the Author; Appendix A: Changing Primaries; Appendix B: CIE Color Measurement System; Appendix C: The Perceptual Evaluation of Visualization Techniques and Systems; Appendix D: Guidelines; Bibliography; Index; A; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Most designers know that yellow text presented against a blue background reads clearly and easily, but how many can explain why, and what really are the best ways to help others and ourselves clearly see key patterns in a bunch of data? When we use software, access a website, or view business or scientific graphics, our understanding is greatly enhanced or impeded by the way the information is presented.   This book explores the art and science of why we see objects the way we do. Based on the science of perception and vision, the author presents the key principles at work for a wide r