Syllabus
1. Graphical display of information in physics education: perceiving of information, attention, graphical (visual) literacy, recommendations for displaying.
2. Displaying of motion and typical students’ misconceptions.
3. Data logging and graphs.
4. Scales and zooming.
5. Discussion: Graphing: cognitive ability or practice?
Annotation
The seminary is focused on graphical displays in physics education. It aims to present both theory concerning the topic (e.g. students’ misconceptions when graphing) and pedagogical approaches appropriate for teaching praxis.
Illustrations are mostly from kinematics.