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    "pk": 29849,
    "title": "Spatial alignment supports comparison of life science visuals for 7th graders",
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    "abstract": "Visual comparisons are ubiquitous in STEM education. We suggest that visual comparisons are carried out by a structuralalignment process that draws correspondences between analogs based on relational structure (Sagi, Gentner, & Lovett,2012). The spatial arrangement of images can influence visual comparisons by increasing or decreasing competitionfrom incorrect correspondences (Matlen, Gentner, & Franconeri, 2020). The present study tested whether this could beleveraged to help children compare complex STEM-related images. Seventh graders were shown drawings of skeletonscontaining an anomalous bone, either solo or paired with a correct standard. Children were more accurate at finding theanomaly when given a correct standard to compare to. On especially difficult trials in which skeletons were shown innon-canonical orientations (e.g., a cow oriented vertically), performance was enhanced when the spatial placement of thetwo skeletons was direct, minimizing competing correspondences. Thus, direct placement may help students comparecomplex unfamiliar images.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "section": "Poster Session 2",
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/51d873xs",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Nina",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Simms",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Northwestern University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Benjamin",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Jee",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Worcester State University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Bryan",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Matlen",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "WestEd",
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        {
            "first_name": "Dedre",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Gentner",
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            "institution": "Northwestern University",
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        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2020-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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