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The Mediation of Three‐Dimensional Visualization for Isolinal Graphics
Author(s) -
Dutton R
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.1978.tb00701.x
Subject(s) - graphics , visualization , computer science , point (geometry) , stereoscopy , computer graphics (images) , computer graphics , contour line , mediation , code (set theory) , range (aeronautics) , artificial intelligence , geography , cartography , geometry , mathematics , programming language , sociology , engineering , social science , set (abstract data type) , aerospace engineering
In order to understand many topics within subjects such as chemistry, geology, meteorology, biology and geography, students are required to read two‐dimensional graphics as three‐dimensional forms. In geography this is true for the whole range of isolinal graphics, including particularly contour maps. The most effective techniques to mediate the learner's visualization of the hidden quality of depth are possibly those which employ the isolinal code itself in some enhanced form. A school‐based experimental investigation concerned with contour maps is described. The results, together with those of some other related investigations point to the probable value of models, stereograms, anaglyphs and other stereoscopic presentations in the teaching of three‐dimensional subjects.