Diagrammatic Representation and Inference: 6th International Conference, Diagrams 2010, Portland, OR, USA, August 9-11, 2010. Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
Diagrams in the Mind: Visual or Spatial?....Pages 1-1
Understanding Diagrams, and More: The Computer’s View....Pages 2-2
Diagrams: A Perspective from Logic....Pages 3-3
Drawing Euler Diagrams for Information Visualization....Pages 4-4
The Graduate Student Symposium of Diagrams 2010....Pages 5-5
The Efficacy of Euler and Venn Diagrams in Deductive Reasoning: Empirical Findings....Pages 6-22
Drawing Euler Diagrams with Circles....Pages 23-38
Coloured Euler Diagrams: A Tool for Visualizing Dynamic Systems and Structured Information....Pages 39-53
Drawing Area-Proportional Venn-3 Diagrams with Convex Polygons....Pages 54-68
Fragments of Spider Diagrams of Order and Their Relative Expressiveness....Pages 69-83
A Calculus for Graphs with Complement....Pages 84-98
Two Types of Diagrammatic Inference Systems: Natural Deduction Style and Resolution Style....Pages 99-114
Alternative Strategies for Spatial Reasoning with Diagrams....Pages 115-127
Relating Two Image-Based Diagrammatic Reasoning Architectures....Pages 128-143
A Spatial Search Framework for Executing Perceptions and Actions in Diagrammatic Reasoning....Pages 144-159
Toward a Physics of Equations....Pages 160-166
Usability of Accessible Bar Charts....Pages 167-181
Diagram Editing on Interactive Displays Using Multi-touch and Pen Gestures....Pages 182-196
The Effects of Perception of Efficacy and Diagram Construction Skills on Students’ Spontaneous Use of Diagrams When Solving Math Word Problems....Pages 197-211
Hi-tree Layout Using Quadratic Programming....Pages 212-219
Recognizing the Intended Message of Line Graphs....Pages 220-234
Mapping Descriptive Models of Graph Comprehension into Requirements for a Computational Architecture: Need for Supporting Imagery Operations....Pages 235-242
Getting a Clue: Gist Extraction from Scenes and Causal Systems....Pages 243-249
Attention Direction in Static and Animated Diagrams....Pages 250-256
Tactile Diagrams: Worth Ten Thousand Words?....Pages 257-263
The Effects of Signals on Learning from Text and Diagrams: How Looking at Diagrams Earlier and More Frequently Improves Understanding....Pages 264-270
An Attention Based Theory to Explore Affordances of Textual and Diagrammatic Proofs....Pages 271-278
Effects of Graph Type in the Comprehension of Cyclic Events....Pages 279-281
VCL, a Visual Language for Modelling Software Systems Formally....Pages 282-284
Visualizing Student Game Design Project Similarities....Pages 285-287
Are Pixel Graphs Are Better at Representing Information than Pie Graphs?....Pages 288-291
Thinking with Words and Sketches – Analyzing Multi-modal Design Transcripts Along Verbal and Diagrammatic Data....Pages 292-294
How Diagram Interaction Supports Learning: Evidence from Think Alouds during Intelligent Tutoring....Pages 295-297
Creating a Second Order Diagrammatic Logic....Pages 298-300
An Attention Based Theory to Explore the Cognitive Affordances of Diagrams Relative to Text....Pages 301-303
How Does Text Affect the Processing of Diagrams in Multimedia Learning?....Pages 304-306
An Experiment to Evaluate Constraint Diagrams with Novice Users....Pages 307-309
“Graph-as-Picture” Misconceptions in Young Students....Pages 310-312
What Students Include in Hand-Drawn Diagrams to Explain Seasonal Temperature Variation....Pages 313-315
Diagrammatic Specification of Mobile Real-Time Systems....Pages 316-318
Manipulatable Models for Investigating Processing of Dynamic Diagrams....Pages 319-321
Can Text Content Influence the Effectiveness of Diagrams?....Pages 322-324
Attending to and Maintaining Hierarchical Objects in Graphics Comprehension....Pages 325-327
Modelling English Spatial Preposition Detectors....Pages 328-330
Diagram Interpretation and e-Learning Systems....Pages 331-333
An Examination of Cleveland and McGill’s Hierarchy of Graphical Elements....Pages 334-337
 Does Manipulating Molecular Models Promote Representation Translation of Diagrams in Chemistry? ....Pages 338-344
Heterogeneous Reasoning in Real Arithmetic....Pages 345-348
“The Molecules are Inside the Atoms”: Students’ Personal External Representations of Matter....Pages 349-351
Discovering Perceptions of Personal Social Networks through Diagrams....Pages 352-354
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