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Sunday, May 05, 2002
http://imej.wfu.edu/articles/2001/2/05/index.asp Interaction Evokes Reflection: Learning Efficiency in Spatial Visualization Glenn Gordon Smith, State University of New York at Stony Brook Abstract Different levels of interaction in a computer game-like situation were compared as a means of learning efficiency on an internet-based spatial visualization task, involving polyomino puzzles. 109 undergraduates were divided among three treatment groups: pilots, who interactively attempted to solve the puzzles; consultants, who watched and talked with pilots without interacting; and copilots, who alternated between pilot and consultant roles every 40 seconds, and collaborated. Participants were tested before and after engaging in the experiment. Repeated measures analyses showed pilots and copilots learned more than consultants. Differences were significant at 0.05. Copilots learned most. These results suggest that alternating between interaction and observation is the best way to learn spatial visualization....
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