Sarah Zöchling (2019) Visualizations in particle physics – Learning aids or obstacles?

In teaching particle physics various visualizations are used to illustrate abstract concepts, but little is known on what learners discern from such representations, even though everyday conceptions may be barriers to disciplinary discernment. Sarah analyzed a video about the structure of matter and a representation of a measurement with a pixel detector and corresponding user interface. The results were used to give recommendations to improve the analyzed visualizations.

University of Vienna, Prof. M. Hopf