Learner #2
A. Background Information
| Age: | 24 |
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Middle School |
High School |
College |
Masters |
PHD |
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| Education |
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| Major | Economics |
| Profession | Technical writer in Silicon Valley software company |
B. What You Learned
Please fill out the following table, indicating how well you understood the concept before using VizAbility and how well you understand it after. A 1 represents poor understanding while a 5 represents good understanding.
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Before using VizAbility |
After using VizAbility |
Internal use |
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Poor |
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Fair |
... |
Good |
Poor |
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Fair |
... |
Good |
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3 |
4 |
5 |
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1 |
2 |
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5 |
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Environment |
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Knowledge of visual thinking environments |
x
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x
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Become self-reflective about your own environment |
x
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x
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Know how to establish a productive working environment |
x
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x
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Understand how objects in your environment can stimulate ideas |
x
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x
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Culture |
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Knowledge of the visualization culture |
x
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x
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Acquaintance of visualization tools and techniques |
x
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x
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Understanding of the essential cycle of sketching, prototyping and critiquing |
x
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x
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Experience in activities that ready you for visual thinking |
x
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x
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Seeing |
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Awareness of how you see |
x
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x
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Knowledge of your visual stereotypes |
x
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x
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Understanding of how motion translates into form |
x
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x
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Ability to notice visual details |
x
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x
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Ability to sort, categorize, and group elements visually |
x
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x
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Knowledge of how different people have different perspectives |
x
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x
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Drawing |
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Experience of using drawing to enhance seeing |
x
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x
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Knowledge of basic drawing techniques |
x
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x
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Intuitive understanding of shading and perspective |
x
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x
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Ability to construct simple objects |
x
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x
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Knowledge of diversity in drawing approaches and competencies |
x
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x
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Diagramming |
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Understanding of different forms of diagramming |
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Experience in using and creating symbols |
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Skills in rendering ideas |
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Appreciation of diagramming in everyday contexts |
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Imagining |
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Ability to internally visualize objects |
x
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x
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Awareness of the power of your own imaginative abilities |
x
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x
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Use collective imagining to solve problems |
x
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x
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Articulate ideas through sound and imagery |
x
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x
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