%0 Conference Paper %1 smith2006 %A Smith, G. G. %A Ritzhaupt, A. D. %B Proceedings of ED-Media: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications %C Orlando, FL %D 2006 %E Pearson, E. %E Bohman, P. %I Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) %K 2006 myown proceeding %N 1 %P 547-552 %T Remembering the unfamiliar: Short Term Memory strategies for novel shapes for proliferating virtual worlds %U https://www.editlib.org/noaccess/23063 %V 2006 %X This study investigated the strategies that people use to remember and transform utterly unfamiliar shapes. With the proliferation of virtual and digital worlds, people often encounter unfamiliar geometries, for example in chemistry, applied medical fields and the biotech industry. To study strategies for remembering and mentally transforming novel shapes, the study used a three step methodology. Participants: 1) interactively rotated a random polygon, 2) were asked to remember the same shape, and 3) had to determine if the shape (no longer seen) would fit into “a hole in the ground” shown in profile. Following 20 such trials, participants described the following strategies they used for remembering unfamiliar shapes: a) association with a familiar object, b) placing the longest surface of the shape downwards, c) identifying key features of the shape, d) drawing an outline of the shape with finger on the table top and e) mental rotations and mental reflections. %@ 978-1-880094-60-0

@inproceedings{smith2006, abstract = {This study investigated the strategies that people use to remember and transform utterly unfamiliar shapes. With the proliferation of virtual and digital worlds, people often encounter unfamiliar geometries, for example in chemistry, applied medical fields and the biotech industry. To study strategies for remembering and mentally transforming novel shapes, the study used a three step methodology. Participants: 1) interactively rotated a random polygon, 2) were asked to remember the same shape, and 3) had to determine if the shape (no longer seen) would fit into “a hole in the ground” shown in profile. Following 20 such trials, participants described the following strategies they used for remembering unfamiliar shapes: a) association with a familiar object, b) placing the longest surface of the shape downwards, c) identifying key features of the shape, d) drawing an outline of the shape with finger on the table top and e) mental rotations and mental reflections.}, added-at = {2017-03-14T21:02:47.000+0100}, address = {Orlando, FL}, author = {Smith, G. G. and Ritzhaupt, A. D.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b92a4cd8e6f42c59c358fce0ed3655ed/aritzhaupt}, booktitle = {Proceedings of ED-Media: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications}, description = {Remembering the unfamiliar: Short Term Memory strategies for novel shapes for proliferating virtual worlds - Learning & Technology Library (LearnTechLib)}, editor = {Pearson, E. and Bohman, P.}, interhash = {08ad81b5cf0f97efc26ff8b52a092f83}, intrahash = {b92a4cd8e6f42c59c358fce0ed3655ed}, isbn = {978-1-880094-60-0}, keywords = {2006 myown proceeding}, month = {June}, number = 1, organization = {Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)}, pages = {547-552}, publisher = {Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)}, timestamp = {2017-03-14T21:02:47.000+0100}, title = { Remembering the unfamiliar: Short Term Memory strategies for novel shapes for proliferating virtual worlds }, url = {https://www.editlib.org/noaccess/23063}, volume = 2006, year = 2006 }