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‘A Picture Is Worth 10,000 Words’: A Module to Test the ‘Visualization Hypothesis’ in Quantitative Methods Teaching

Paola Signoretta, John Martyn Chamberlain, John Hillier, Marty Chamberlain Orcid Logo

Enhancing Learning in the Social Sciences, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 90 - 104

Swansea University Author: Marty Chamberlain Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.11120/elss.2014.00029

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Inadequate quantitative methods (QM) training provision for undergraduate social science students in the United Kingdom is a well-known problem. This paper reports on the design, implementation and assessment of an induction module created to test the hypothesis that visualization helps students lea...

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ISSN: 1756-848X
Published: 2014
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