External visual representations of chemical entities and processes (chemical
representations) play a critical role in chemical thinking and practice. They support …

Visualizations are an increasingly important part of scientific education and discovery.
However, users often do not gain knowledge from them in a complete or efficient way. This …

Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate
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The National Science Foundation funded a synthesis study on the status, contributions, and
future direction of discipline-based education research (DBER) in physics, biological …

Sketching as a scientific practice goes beyond the simple act of inscribing diagrams onto
paper. Scientists produce a wide range of representations through sketching, as it is tightly …

Data visualization has become an increasingly important means of effective data
communication and has played a vital role in broadcasting the progression of COVID-19 …

This report comes at a time when our nation and our species face profound challenges.
Ensuring adequate food, water, energy, and mineral resources to support a growing human …

In organic chemistry, spatial reasoning is critical for reasoning about spatial relationships in
three dimensions and representing spatial information in diagrams. Despite its importance …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, dissemination of data on the web has been vital in shaping
the public's response. We postulated the increased prominence of data might have …

Poor spatial ability can limit success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) disciplines. Many initiatives aim to increase STEM achievement and degree …