More Web Proxy on the site http://driver.im/

article

Designing interfaces that support formation of cognitive maps of transitional processes: an empirical study

Authors:

Hai-Ning LiangAuthors Info & Claims

Interacting with Computers, Volume 17, Issue 4

Pages 419 - 452

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intcom.2005.02.002

Published: 01 July 2005 Publication History

Abstract

Many conditions, phenomena, and concepts are of a transitional nature. Transitional processes involve change from one form to another, such as biological, chemical, and geological metamorphoses. Transitional processes take place in time-space and are not always easy to encode, communicate, and understand. The purpose of this research is to investigate how to design human-computer interfaces that support users in their formation of cognitive maps of transitional processes. To conduct this investigation, geometric shapes were used as the testbed, and their metamorphic transformations were captured and communicated using three different interface styles: temporally stacked, spatially distributed, and spatio-temporal. The usability and effectiveness of each interface was evaluated. The results of the study indicate that the spatio-temporal interface is the most effective of the three interfaces. The findings of this research imply that many kinds of transitional processes, such as rock metamorphoses, historical changes, or economical processes, may best be explored and understood using spatio-temporal interfaces.

References

[1]

Introduction to Research in Education. sixth edition. Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, Belmont.

[2]

In: Beynon, M., Nehaniv, C.L., Dautenhahn, K. (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Cognitive Technology Conference, 2001, Springer, Berlin.

Digital Library

[3]

The use of sketch maps to measure cognitive maps of virtual environments. Proceedings of Virtual Reality Annual International Syposium (VRAIS'95), 1995.

Digital Library

[4]

Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks. Springer, Berlin.

[5]

Bridging the gap: the use of pathfinder networks in visual navigation. Journal of Visual Languages and Computing. v9. 267-286.

[6]

Information Visualization and Virtual Environments. Springer, Berlin.

[7]

A theoretical model of wayfinding in virtual environments: proposed strategies for navigational aiding. Presence. v8 i6. 671-685.

Digital Library

[8]

Pattern of representation of countries in cognitive maps of the world with special reference to Africa. Journal of Environmental Psychology. v23. 427-437.

[9]

Learners' mental models of chemical bonding. Research in Science Education. v31. 357-382.

[10]

Cognitive and gender factors influencing navigation in a virtual environment. International Journal for Human-Computer Studies. v53. 223-249.

Digital Library

[11]

The impact of animated interface agents: a review of empirical research. International Journal of Human-Computer Science. v52. 1-22.

Digital Library

[12]

Cognitive maps and spatial behavior: processes and products. In: Downs, R.M., Stea, D. (Eds.), Image and Environment, Aldine, Chicago.

[13]

A picture is worth a thousand connections: the facilitative effects of diagrams on mental model development and task performance. Computers in Human Behavior. v19. 185-199.

[14]

Human wayfinding and cognitive maps. In: Golledge, R.G. (Ed.), Wayfinding Behavior: Cognitive Mapping and Other Spatial Processes, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. pp. 5-45.

[15]

Scientific visualization as an interpretive and expressive medium. In: Edelson, D., Domeshek, E. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Learning Sciences, pp. 409-414.

Digital Library

[16]

Morphogenesis of the pancreas of bufo bufo during metamorphosis. General and Comparative Endocrinology. v97. 239-249.

[17]

Constructing mental models of machines from text and diagrams. Journal of Memory and Language. v32. 717-742.

[18]

Routen- und íberblickswissen-konzeptuelle íberlegungen. Kognitionswissenschaft. v7. 145-159.

[19]

Drawing worlds: scripted exploration environments in the geometer's sketchpad. In: King, J.R., Schattenschneider, D. (Eds.), Geometry Turned on: Dynamic Software in Learning, Teaching and Research, Mathematical Association of America, Washington. pp. 179-184.

[20]

The evolution of the cognitive map. Brain, Behavior and Evolution. v62. 128-139.

[21]

Metamorphosis of polyhedrons 1. Tetrahedron to Octahedron. Journal of Molecular Structure (THEOCHEM). v619. 101-106.

[22]

Metamorphosis of polyhedrons 2. Octahedron to dodecahedron. Journal of Molecular Structure (THEOCHEM). v620. 197-205.

[23]

In: Jonassen, D.H., Beissner, K., Yacci, M. (Eds.), Structural Knowledge: Techniques for Representing, Conveying, and Acquiring Structural Knowledge, Lawrence Erlbaum Assocation, Hillsdale.

Digital Library

[24]

Mindtools: affording multiple knowledge representations for learning. In: Lajoie, S.P. (Ed.), Computers as Cognitive Tools-Volume Two, No More Walls: Theory Change, Paradigm Shifts, and their Influence on the Use of Computers for Instructional Purposes, Lawrence Erlbaum Assocation, Hillsdale. pp. 165-196.

[25]

Animated diagrams: An investigation into the cognitive effects of using animation to illustrate dynamic processes. In: Anderson, M., Cheng, P. (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, no. 1889, Springer, Berlin. pp. 231-244.

Digital Library

[26]

Karasavvidis, I. (1999). Learning to solve correlational problems: A study of the social and material distribution of cognition. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, University of Twente, The Netherlands.

[27]

Toward a methodology for the measurement of knowledge structures of ordinary people: The conceptual content cognitive map (3CM). Environment and Behavior. v29 i5. 579-617.

[28]

Using video in the BNR usability lab. ACM SIGCHI. v21 i2. 92-95.

Digital Library

[29]

Kortenkamp, U.H. Foundations of dynamic geometry, PhD Thesis, ETH Zürich. {www document} http://kortenkamps.net/papers/1999/diss.pdf, 1999, (accesssed March 9, 2004).

[30]

Groupware Concept Mapping Techniques. Proceedings of DOC'94, 1994.

Digital Library

[31]

A taxonomy of spatial knowledge for navigation and its application to the Bremen autonomous wheelchair. In: Freksa, C., Habel, C., Wender, K.F. (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, No. 1404, pp. 373-398.

[32]

In: Lajoie, S.P. (Ed.), Computers as Cognitive Tools-Volume Two, no More Walls: Theory Change, Paradigm Shifts, and Their Influence on the Use of Computers for Instructional Purposes, Lawrence Erlbaum Assocation, Hillsdale.

Digital Library

[33]

Changing Visions: Human Cognitive Maps: Past, Present and Future. Praeger, Westport.

[34]

Knowledge Representation. Lawrence Erlbaum Assocation, Mahwah.

[35]

Serotonin plays an early role in the metamorphosis of the hydrozoan phialidium gregarium. Developmental Biology. v190. 229-240.

[36]

Neural correlates of topographic mental exploration: the impact of route versus survey perspective learning. NeuroImage. v12. 588-600.

[37]

Collegiate Dictionary. tenth ed. Merriam-Webster, Inc., Springfield.

[38]

Interactive metamorphic visuals: exploring polyhedra relationships. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information Visualization, IEEE Computer Society Press. v2001. 483-488.

Digital Library

[39]

Ng, G.K.C. (2000). Interactive visualization techniques for ontology development, Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, University of Manchester, UK.

[40]

Stories in space: the concept of the story map. In: Balet, O., Subsol, G., Torquet, P. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Second Conference on Virtual Storytelling ICVS'03, Springer, Berlin. pp. 85-94.

[41]

Things That Make us Smart: Defending the Human Attributes in the Age of the Machine. Perseus Books, Cambridge.

[42]

Lost in hyperspace: metrics and mental models. Interacting with Computers. v13. 1-40.

[43]

The visualization of mathematics: towards a mathematical exploratorium. Notices of the ASM. v46 i6. 647-658.

[44]

Navigation and orientation in 3D user interfaces: the impact of navigation aids and landmarks. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. v61. 375-395.

Digital Library

[45]

Representations of Space and Time. Guilford Press, New York.

[46]

Interaction Design: Beyond Human Computer Interaction. Wiley, New York.

Digital Library

[47]

The construction of cognitive maps: an introduction. In: Portugali, J. (Ed.), The Construction of Cognitive Map, Kluwer Academic Publishing, Boston. pp. 1-7.

[48]

Richter-Gebert, J., Kortenkamp, U.H. Dynamische geometrie: grundlagen und möglichkeiten, in: Proceedings of Nürnberger didactic Mathematics colloquium, {www document} http://www.cinderella.de/papers/DG_GM.pdf, 2002, (accessed March 9, 2004).

[49]

Navigating buildings in desk-top environments: experimental investigations using extended navigational experience. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. v3 i2. 143-159.

[50]

The effects of hyperlinks on navigation in virtual environments. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. v53. 551-581.

Digital Library

[51]

External cognition: how do graphical representations work?. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. v45. 185-213.

Digital Library

[52]

Need for a prescriptive taxonomy of interaction for mathematical cognitive tools. Proceedings of Interactive Visualisation and Interaction Technologies (IV&IT 2004), Krakow, Poland.

[53]

Sedig, K., Morey, J., 2004. A descriptive framework for designing interaction for visual abstractions. In: G. Malcolm (Ed.), Multidisciplinary approaches to visual representations and interpretations, Elsevier Science, New York.

[54]

Sedig, K., Sumner, M. Characterizing interaction with visual mathematical representations. International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, in press.

[55]

Role of interface manipulation style and scaffolding on cognition and concept learning in learnware. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. v8 i1. 34-59.

Digital Library

[56]

Sedig, K., Morey, J., Mercer, R., Wilson, W., 2004. Visualizing, interacting and experimenting with lattices using a diagrammatic representation. In: G. Malcolm (Ed.), Multidisciplinary approaches to visual representations and interpretations, Elsevier Science, New York.

[57]

Application of information visualization techniques to the design of a mathematical mindtool: a usability study. Information Visualization. v2. 142-159.

[58]

A framework for navigation. International Journal for Human-Computer Studies. v51. 919-945.

Digital Library

[59]

Information Visualization. Pearson Education, Inc., Harlow.

[60]

Cognitive Psychology. Harcourt Brace and Co., Orlando.

[61]

Computer interfaces: from communication to mind-prosthesis metaphor. In: Beynon, M., Nehaniv, C.L., Dautenhahn, K. (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Cognitive Technology Conference 2001, Springer, Warwick. pp. 301-310.

Digital Library

[62]

Group cognitive mapping: a methodology and system for capturing and evaluating managerial and organizational cognition, Omega. The International Journal of Management Science. v31. 113-125.

[63]

Probing students' cognitive structures in science: The use of a flow map method coupled with a meta-listening technique. Studies in Educational Evaluation. v27. 257-268.

[64]

Envisioning Information. Graphics Press, Cheshire.

Digital Library

[65]

Visual Explanations. Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative, 1997.third ed. Graphics Press, Cheshire.

Digital Library

[66]

Some ways that maps and diagrams communicate. In: Freksa, C., Brauer, C., Habel, C., Wender, K.F. (Eds.), Spatial Cognition II, Integrating Abstract Theories, Empirical Studies, Formal Methods, and Practical Applications, LNAI 1849, Springer, Berlin. pp. 72-79.

[67]

How space structures language. In: Freksa, C., Habel, C., Wender, K.F. (Eds.), Spatial Cognition. An Interdisciplinary Approach to Representing and Processing Spatial Knowledge, Springer, Berlin. pp. 157-175.

[68]

Lines, blobs, crosses, and arrows: diagrammatic communication with schematic figures. In: Anderson, M., Cheng, P., Harslev, V. (Eds.), Theory and Application of Diagrams: First International Conference, Diagrams 2000, Springer, New York. pp. 221-230.

Digital Library

[69]

Animation: can it facilitate?. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. v57. 247-262.

Digital Library

[70]

Navigation assistance in virtual worlds. Informing Science Journal. v6. 115-125.

[71]

What is the value of graphical displays in learning?. Educational Psychology Review. v14 i3. 261-312.

[72]

An evolutionary function of the depressive reaction: the cognitive map hypothesis. New Ideas in Psychology. v21. 147-156.

[73]

Engineering Psychology and Human Performance. third ed. Prentice Hall, New Jersey.

[74]

The Secret of Mystery Hill, Choose Your Own Adventure Series, no. 141, 1993.Bantam Books, New York.

[75]

Perception principles. In: Fleming, M., Levie, W.H. (Eds.), Instructional Message Design: Principles from the Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, Educational Technology Publications, Englewood Cliffs. pp. Cliffs

[76]

On early cognitive mapping. Spatial Cognition and Computation. v2. 85-116.

Digital Library

Cited By

Lu FNanjappan VParsons PYu LLiang H(2023)Effect of display platforms on spatial knowledge acquisition and engagement: an evaluation with 3D geometry visualizationsJournal of Visualization10.1007/s12650-022-00889-w26:3(667-686)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s12650-022-00889-w
Chen LLiang HLu FPapangelis KMan KYue Y(2020)Collaborative behavior, performance and engagement with visual analytics tasks using mobile devicesHuman-centric Computing and Information Sciences10.1186/s13673-020-00253-710:1Online publication date: 22-Nov-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1186/s13673-020-00253-7
Parsons PSedig K(2014)Adjustable properties of visual representationsJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology10.1002/asi.2300265:3(455-482)Online publication date: 1-Mar-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1002/asi.23002
Show More Cited By

Designing interfaces that support formation of cognitive maps of transitional processes: an empirical study
1. Human-centered computing

Recommendations

Toward the design of transitional interfaces: an exploratory study on a semi-immersive hybrid user interface

A task that can be decomposed into subtasks with different technological demands may be a challenge, since it requires multiple interactive environments as well as transitions between them. Some of these transitions may involve changes in hardware ...
Designing database interfaces with DBface

DBface is a toolkit for designing interfaces to object-oriented databases. It provides users with a set of tools for building custom interfaces with minimal programming. This is accomplished by combining techniques from User Interface Management Systems (...
Text vs visual metaphor in mobile interfaces for novice user interaction
16th International Conference on Electronic Publishing --ELPUB 2012 --Social Shaping of Digital Publishing: Exploring the Interplay between Culture and Technology

This paper explores the effectiveness, efficiency and ease of use of two alternative interface interactions in a mobile tablet application. More specifically, the study employs a navigation task which novice users were required to complete by means of ...

Comments

Please enable JavaScript to view thecomments powered by Disqus.

Information & Contributors

Information

Published In

cover image Interacting with Computers

Interacting with Computers Volume 17, Issue 4

July, 2005

132 pages

ISSN:0953-5438

EISSN:1873-7951

Issue’s Table of Contents

Copyright © Elsevier B.V. © 2005.

Publisher

Elsevier Science Inc.

United States

Publication History

Published: 01 July 2005

Author Tags

Qualifiers

Article

Contributors

Other Metrics

View Article Metrics

Bibliometrics & Citations

Bibliometrics

Article Metrics

4
Total Citations
View Citations
0
Total Downloads

Downloads (Last 12 months)0
Downloads (Last 6 weeks)0

Reflects downloads up to 03 Jan 2025

Other Metrics

View Author Metrics

Citations

Cited By

Lu FNanjappan VParsons PYu LLiang H(2023)Effect of display platforms on spatial knowledge acquisition and engagement: an evaluation with 3D geometry visualizationsJournal of Visualization10.1007/s12650-022-00889-w26:3(667-686)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s12650-022-00889-w
Chen LLiang HLu FPapangelis KMan KYue Y(2020)Collaborative behavior, performance and engagement with visual analytics tasks using mobile devicesHuman-centric Computing and Information Sciences10.1186/s13673-020-00253-710:1Online publication date: 22-Nov-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1186/s13673-020-00253-7
Parsons PSedig K(2014)Adjustable properties of visual representationsJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology10.1002/asi.2300265:3(455-482)Online publication date: 1-Mar-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1002/asi.23002
Brouwers A(2013)Search Strategies in Hypermedia Navigation and Spatial AbilitiesProceedings, Part III, of the 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Users and Contexts of Use - Volume 800610.5555/2959924.2959941(136-145)Online publication date: 21-Jul-2013
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2959924.2959941

View Options

View options

Media

Figures

Other

Tables

View Issue’s Table of Contents