Precedents Review

Topic: Visual thinking / Information / Awareness

-Picturing to Learn(http://picturingtolearn.org/index.html)

The Three Premises of Picturing to Learn

• Drawings made by science students for the purpose of teaching others reveal misconceptions

• Those drawings provide teachers with direct feedback on what students are and are not “getting,” to help promote more effective teaching

• The process of creating a drawing to teach others has the potential to deepen students’ understanding of scientific concepts

“Picturing to Learn was funded by the National Science Foundation, DUE from 2007-2010. The project involved science students and faculty from Harvard, MIT, Duke University and Roxbury Community College, along with design students and faculty from the School of Visual Arts, New York. Students.”
“Create a freehand drawing to explain to a high school senior…” various scientific phenomena.
Based on Felice Frankel’s experiences, the idea of Picturing to Learn was started to emerge. She discovered if researchers use drawings it helps better understanding to others when they need to explain the process of scientific concept.

>> Objective:
To create drawings from the concepts students learn from lectures and texts. For many students, thinking visually and trying to draw for the purposes of communication can highlight areas of confusion.

>>Service/Function

Under the topics among science Textbook, student and faculty submit their drawings through “explore the data base” and their drawings were produced while understanding the each topic. When they upload their drawings, other registered members are able to share the drawings by downloading.
The drawings are shown with some explanation on the right side.

Registered members are also able to use filter function which helps collect only images they want to see.

>>Other Activity
In 2007 winter and 2008 spring 4design students from SVA and 3 MIT students gathered to generate the visual explanation of science. This collaborative workshop was helpful to both sides because nowadays technology cannot overlook design area and also current design is mostly related to technology.