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Can data visualization be used in the classroom? I recently stumbled on some research suggesting that presenting information visually may have significant benefits over text-based materials. The BBC reports that interpreting visual data requires fewer cognitive resources than reading texts. The results showed that when tasks were presented visually rather than using traditional text-based software […]
July 6, 2012 by jacobalonso
I am a busy person these days. I have been teaching at a San Antonio community college and will be moving next semester to teaching High School Algebra I. Also, among other things, I have been researching education data for a national nonprofit. During this project, I needed to simplify some visualizations. Not dumb down, […]
October 31, 2011 by jacobalonso
I recently wrote a brief post suggesting that data visualization may, in fact, have a place in education. I think a recent find from BYU may be able to elucidate this point further. David Wiley, a Professor at Brigham Young, suggests that teachers may want to visualize test grades in an easily understandable form using a new […]
January 12, 2013 by jacobalonso
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