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Open Source Visualization Tools to Enhance Reading Comprehension and Concept Attainment
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1 Open Source Visualization Tools to Enhance Reading Comprehension and Concept Attainment Carol A. Brown, EdD Associate Professor, East Carolina University Department of Mathematics, Science, and Instructional Technology in Education Ragsdale 342 mailstop 566 Greenville NC Jennifer R. Banas, EdD Assistant Professor, Northeastern Illinois University Department of HPERA 5500 N St Louis Ave Chicago IL Visualization can be defined as the conversion of information to a symbolic representation of a particular idea, concept, or data object. In simplified terms, McCormick (1987) explained visualization as the process of transforming data, information, and knowledge into graphic symbolic presentations. There are advantages in use of tools designed to make the transformation of text possible. First, visualization tools can be used to make information more accessible. Early proponents reported successful use of visualization retrieval tools to present bibliographic displays generated from hugh amounts of digital information. According to Wise, (Wise, et al, 1995) data sources become manageable and information retrieval efficient through organized graphic displays. Secondly, visualization permits perception at a higher level. Tools designed to create visualizations allow users to explore the symbolic structure of a text. Thinking processes are enhanced as users are interactively engaged in the reading process. Users may create images in order to identify relationships, main ideas, and patterns thus facilitating concept attainment and critical analyses of reading materials (Sadoski, & Paivio, 2001). Johnson- Glenberg examined the effects of question-writing and word association with visual imagery. The results of her study showed significant increase in reading comprehension scores for struggling readers (2005). These and other generative strategies suggest visualization tools can be used for ensuring recall and comprehension for readers of all ages (Hook & Borner, 2005; Mills, 2009; Wittrock, 1992). In more simple settings such as elementary school classrooms, concepts maps, pictographs, and word clouds can be used for making connections and predicting themes within expository text (Foote, 2009; Oliver, 2009). Most teachers have used pictographs and other representations for reading lessons however word clouds have only recently been used in K-12 classrooms. The website Wordle.net provides an easy to use tool for creating word clouds by both teachers and K-12 students. In higher education, visualization tools accessible through Many Eyes provide interactive activities that include word clouds, tag clouds, and word trees, but with more complex textual information (Eisenberg, 2008; Hook & Borner, 2005; Viegas, Wattenberg, & Feinberg, 2009). Developed by designers in IBM labs, Wordle is the product of the creators for Many Eyes. Wordles produced by cut and paste of a selected reading passages result in a simplistic image from a complex narrative. Zhang refers to these visualizations as metaphors. Mental images can be formed and conceptual ideas more easily recognized, communicated, understood, and remembered (Zhang, 2008). Both Wordle.net and Many-Eyes.alphaworks.ibm.com are interactive open source tools, but only Many Eyes permits registered users to post commentary on any of the thousands of visualizations published for public viewing. Although text can be entered directly through the user s keyboard, value is added to the use of these tools through the cut & paste process possible with digital information. The wealth of accessible online resources makes use of these tools easy and efficient for educators. 39
2 Purpose of this Study Strategies using tools such as Wordle, Many Eyes, and Tag Cloud provided promise for visualization tools to enhance reading within a variety of contexts and learning environments. Could use of visualization tools such as word cloud imagery enhance reading comprehension and help both graduate and undergraduate students understand complex ideas and abstract concepts? This paper is a report on findings in use of a variety of visualization tools to enhance reading for adult learners. Methods Two populations were examined for use of visualization tools to enhance reading comprehension and concept attainment for assigned reading in both graduate and undergraduate classes. The first data collection involved graduate students in a master s level program for instructional technology. Visualization tools were used to analyze the contents of a job description for school technology specialists. A 500 word online reading from the state department of education was used as the source document for analysis. Using their assigned reading to copy and paste into Wordle.net, students generated visualizations representing the main functions of a technology facilitator. In small group discussion forums, students analyzed the keywords displayed in the visualization, predicting possible scenarios for the position of technology facilitator in a K-12 school. After the online discussions were concluded, students submitted proposals for internship experiences at their local schools. After writing the first draft of the internship proposal and posting these to the online discussion forum, students participated in a second discussion forum to compare interpretations of job functions for technology facilitators. Following the second discussion, a final proposal was written and submitted to the course instructor for evaluation. The design of internship proposals provided the first data set for this study. These are discussed in the results section below. A second data collection involved pre-service teachers who received instruction in use of Phrase Net tools to visualize conceptual relationships in an assigned reading. Students in a traditional face-to-face Health Education methods class were given an online book chapter as assigned reading on the topic of learning and cognition. Following the reading of the book chapter, multiple choice tests were used to assess understanding of concepts discussed in the online book chapter as well as measures of confidence levels related to personal understanding. Test items included these areas: 1) concept attainment; 2) relationship between concepts with supporting ideas and examples; 3) relevancy to personal experiences. Mean scores for each of the measures were used to identify differences in pre and post use of the visualization tools. Mean scores for students self reported confidence levels for pre and post tests were used to identify differences in confidence levels when using the visualization tools. A third group included both graduate and undergraduate students who examined visualization tools for potential use in their K12 classrooms. Review of students discussion threads revealed creative ideas for instructional use of tools. Lesson ideas were submitted to the course instructors who categorized each activity by skill, instructional method, outcomes, and assessment of learning. A summary of selected activities are presented in the results and discussion of this paper. Word Clouds to Analyze Job Descriptions. Results and Discussion Interns in the MAEd in Instructional Technology used visualization tools to analyze content of internship proposals compared with similar visualizations produced using content from an online job description provided by the state of education. The tag cloud tool was used to calculate the presence and count of unique words in a document as well as statistical analysis of frequency and context of words and letter strings within the document. Interns compared output from their internship proposals with output generated from job descriptions accessed through the state department of education. The content of the job descriptions were dropped into Tag Cloud tools to produce visualizations that include word counts for all terms within the document. The interns used the output from their visualizations as a guide for discussions in an online forum. The visualizations resulted in a focused dialog with emphases in main functions for the job of technology integration specialist and technology facilitator. Qualitative evaluation of the students proposals showed a clear and consistent alignment with national standards for these positions in K-12 schools. Interns proposals from previous semesters did not reveal depth of understanding evident in this pilot group using visualization tools to analyze future job descriptions. Keywords predominate in the 40
3 visualizations prompted interns to plan around terms such as teacher support, instruction ; and collaboration. These were then used as prompts for negotiating projects for the semester internship experiences. Phrase Nets to Enhance Reading Comprehension. Undergraduate students were given an assigned reading in an online book chapter followed by an assessment of their understanding for 1) main ideas, 2) relationship between terms in the readings, and 3) relevancy to readers personal learning experiences. The participants were also asked to provide a self-assessed level of confidence in their interpretations of content from the book chapter. Following the reading assignment and assessment of understanding, students were instructed to access the website Many-Eyes.alphaworks.ibm.com and generate a visualization using the Phrase Net tool. Phrase Net analyzes a text by looking for pairs of words that fit particular patterns. In Figure 1 is an example from a science article on the solar system. The user will specify a particular pattern such as the terms earth or planets. Phrase Net will create a network diagram of the words it found as matches. The terms earth/planets will be connected if they occurred in the same phrase. When viewing the output from the visualization, the user can compare differences in font size, color, and size of connectors to determine frequency and relationship of the terms. The size of a word is proportional to the number of times it occurred in a match. Figure 1. Visualization using PhraseNet Note in the figure above the term dioxide is connected to terms atmosphere and carbon. Bold lines indicate a strong connection between terms solar system ; and magnetic field(s). Drawing attention to strong and weak connections between ideas enhances the reader s conceptual understanding of complex reading material. Undergraduate students who participated in this study completed visualization activities followed by a post assessment to measure reading comprehension and confidence levels when using the Phrase Net tool. Students 41
4 responses were rated 0 to 4 with 4 being the highest score possible. T Test analyses were used to compare pre and post assessment for the following: 1) understanding main ideas; 2) comprehension of relationships between main ideas in the readings; 3) ability to make connections between main ideas and personal learning experiences, and 4) self-reported confidence levels in understanding and comprehension for the readings. Differences in Pre assessment and Post assessment of main ideas when using the Phrase Net visualization is marginally significant (p <.04, 2- tailed). No significant differences were identified between pre and post assessments relating readings to personal experiences. However T Test comparison shows a significant difference in assessment of students ability to see Relationship Between Ideas when using the Phrase Net tool (p <.000, 2 - tailed). Note in Table 1 differences in T scores (T = 11.3; p <.000, 2 - tailed) for the pretest [before use of Phrase Net] compared to T scores ( T = 14.3, p <.000, 2 tailed) for the post test score [after use of Phrase Net]. Table 1. T Test comparison of students ability to see relationships between ideas when using visualization tools. N Mean SD Std Error RelationPre RelationPost Confidence Interval t df Sig. (2-tailed) Mean difference lower upper RelationPre * RelationPost * Students confidence levels in identifying relationships among ideas also appear to be impacted through the use of Phrase Net visualization tool. In Table 2, differences in pre and post self-reported confidence levels is significant (p <.000, 2-tailed). Table 2. T Test comparison of Pre use of Phrase Net with Post use of Phrase Net when measuring students confidence in ability to identify relationships of main ideas in assigned reading. Confidence in Identifying Relationships Between ideas t df Sig. (2-tailed) Mean difference Confidence Interval Lower upper ConfRelaPre * ConfRelaPost * Students comments following the use of Phrase Net seem to support the positive effect of the visualization tools used to help students understand relationships between major terms appearing in assigned reading. One student commented: To visually see the connections of how strongly 2 concepts are linked to one another made me view this article in a different light. Previously, I selected main subjects points that were not as important or had fewer connections compared to the ones that I have selected after using PN. It reinforced the main issues that were being discussed in the article, rather than focusing on mini subjects that ewer not he key points. For example, PN greatly reinforced the strong connection between synapse over production and loss, which is an imperative method in how information is translated into learned concepts. 42
5 Ideas for Using Word Clouds in K-12 Classrooms. Both graduate and undergraduate students provided innovative ideas for use of visualization tools for K-12 classroom instruction. In response to a discussion forum asking for possible uses of Wordle (Wordle.net), students submitted ideas for a classroom activity and method for evaluating outcomes from the lesson. See Table 3 for a selected sample of classroom activities designed by students participating in the study. Table 3. Instructional activities using word cloud and tag cloud visualization tools. Skills Instructional Method Outcomes Assessment View word cloud for each Students made connection between font paragraph one page narrative; Teacher observation; Identify main size and number of occurrences in the compare key words; write one enhance concept of idea narrative; discussion on meaning of sentence with main idea for each "Big Idea" prominent words. paragraph. Critical thinking Individually generate a list of terms associated with educational theme; groups generate a 2nd list of terms; independently generate word cloud from assigned reading on the theme; reflect and discuss comparison of independent and group lists Critical thinking required to compare and contrast word lists; accurate analysis of assigned reading; selfassessment associated with reflections on personal word clouds representative of themes in the reading Comparison of word clouds representative of themes and main ideas within the reading; knowledge and understanding of vocabulary in the reading. Expressive Writing Assigned writing describing yourself; paste into word cloud software; compare characteristics with others in class; identify repeated words; reflect on selfimage and your best attributes Creative writing; good use of adjectives and adverbs; positive reinforcement for all students; identify the purpose of "sparkle words" for narrative writing. Teacher assessment of writing style, use of vocabulary and positive dialog during whole class discussions. The researchers summarized all students word cloud activities and placed these into categories. Although more than 30 student assignments were submitted, we synthesized these into three main themes: Reading to Identify Main idea; Critical Thinking Skills, and Expressive Writing. Table 3 provides sample activity for each of the three themes. Summary/Conclusion Use of visualization tools as a pre or post reading activity has potential to enhance reading comprehension in adult learners. Although the researchers consider this a preliminary study, pre and post tests reveal a positive effect through use of Phrase Net tool for identifying relationships in ideas in expository reading. Feedback from participants suggests a positive effect on reading for understanding using complex college level materials. The readers were able to make connections between key ideas within the narrative. Use of visualization tools reinforced what some readers identified as related terms within the assigned book chapter; for others use of the visualization tools resulted in aah ha moments with new understanding in the readings. The researchers also suggest that visualization tools might aid the generative thinking processes as students recognize conceptual relationships within the text. Students are motivated to use visualization tools resulting in cognitive maps. By viewing the visualizations, the participants in the study were able to participate in discussions based on a mental map of abstract concepts and ideas. We consider differences in students pre and post tests strong enough to warrant continued work in this area of research. Use of word clouds and tag clouds provided imagery representing the many tasks and responsibilities of a technology specialist in a K-12 school. As students generated original word clouds and view output from others in 43
6 their class, ideas for internship proposals showed a strong correspondence with national standards for a professional position in K12 schools. Content within the proposals from this group, compared with earlier internship proposals from previous semesters, showed an increase in clarity of ideas, consistency with standards, and innovation in proposed projects. Participants in this study were motivated to use visualization tools in the design of K12 classroom activities. Graduate students in instructional technology courses and undergraduates in pre-service teacher classes designed classroom activities using Wordle.net. The activities were designed for critical thinking, problem solving, and other higher order processes for K-12 students. Based on results of this study we propose visualization tools can be useful to enhance digital literacy and improve reading comprehension with young and adult learners. References Eisenberg, A. (2008). Lines and bubbles and bars, Oh My! New ways to sift data. New York Times, 08/31/2008, p. 9p, 0p. Available online <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/technology/31novel.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin> Accessed July 4, Foote, C. (2009). It s a mad mad Wordle. School Library Journal, July, Hook. P. A., & Borner, K. (2005). Educational knowledge domain visualizations: Tools to navigate, understand, and internalize the structure of scholarly knowledge and expertise. In Amanda Spink and Charles Cole (eds.), New Directions in Cognitive Information Retrieval Springer. Printed in the Netherlands. Johnson-Glenberg, M. C. (2005). Web-based training of metacognitive strategies for text comprehension: Focus on poor comprehenders. Reading and Writing, 18, McCormick, B., DeFanti, T., & Brown, M. (1987). "Visualization in Scientific Computing. In: Computer Graphics, 21, No. 6, Nov Many Eyes. Available online at <http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/ >. Accessed July 4, Mills, K. A. (2009). Floating on a sea of talk: Reading comprehension through speaking and listening. The Reading Teacher, 63(4), Oliver, K. (2009). An investigation of concept mapping to improve the reading comprehension of science texts. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 18(5), Sadoski, M., & Paivio, A. (2001). Imagery and Text: A Dual Coding Theory of Reading and Writing. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. Viegas, F.B. Wattenberg, M. Feinberg, J. (2009). Participatory Visualization with Wordle. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 15(6), Wise, J. A., Thomas, J. J., Pennock, K., Lantrip, D., Pottier, M., Schur, A., & Crow, V. (1995) Visualizing the nonvisual: spatial analysis and interaction with information from text documents. In INFOVIS Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization, Atlanta, Georgia. Wittrock, M.C. (1992). Generative learning processes of the brain. Educational Psychologist, 27(4), Zhang, J. (2008). The Implication of Metaphors in Information Visualization. In Visualization for Information Retrieval, The Information Retrieval Series, 2008, Volume 23,
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The Data Scientist will be responsible for data mining and statistical analysis of large complex data sets. The Data Scientist will apply Machine Learning techniques to find what matters most and apply knowledge about data science by creating algorithmic solutions to make necessary assessments. The candidate will be the sole data science expert on the operations BI team and function as the go to SME and lead for predictive analytics, machine learning and providing data insights.
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I have always been disappointed when I've baked homemade bran muffins, but not anymore. These are moist and flavourful. I think the trick with the moistness is combining the bran with the wet ingredients, as no other bran muffin recipe I've tried had this step. I often cut this recipe in half and bake just 6 in my toaster oven. These freeze well, too.
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Yummy! I accidentally forgot mine in the oven, baking them for 25 minutes instead of 20, and they were still very moist. One trick when baking raisin muffins-soak your raisins in hot water for 30 minutes in advance, and they will plump up and get very moist.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup 1% low-fat milk
- 1⁄2 cup canola oil
- 1⁄4 cup molasses
- 3⁄4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1⁄2 cups wheat bran
- 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup raisins (or blueberries, unthawed if frozen)
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- Preheat oven to 400F; prepare muffin pans by lining cups with paper muffin liners.
- In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, oil, molasses, sugar and vanilla.
- Stir in bran; let stand for 5 minutes.
- In a small mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; add to egg mixture, stirring just until combined.
- Carefully stir in raisins, being careful not to overmix.
- Fresh blueberries, or unthawed frozen ones, can be substituted for raisins, by the way.
- Spoon into paper-lined muffin cups, filling right to the top.
- Bake in preheated oven for approximately 20 minutes, or until muffins are firm to the touch; do not overbake or muffins will be dry and tough.
- As mentioned in the description, I like to cut this recipe in half (half of 3/4 cup brown sugar is 1/4 cup+ 2 tbsp) and bake the 6 in my toaster oven; after 20 minutes they are always done to perfection and I don't heat up my kitchen.
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A woman has been carjacked at knifepoint in Melbourne's north-west in a terrifying ordeal.
Police say a man with his face covered by a scarf approached the woman as she sat in her car on Raleigh Street, near Pascoe Vale Road in Essendon, about 10.30pm on Saturday, April 5.
The man ordered her to get out of the silver 2005 Volkswagen Golf and pulled his shirt aside to reveal a large knife, police say.
The victim complied and the man drove off with the car, turning left onto Pascoe Vale Road.
Another man then tried to use the woman's credit card at two service stations, in Thomastown and Reservoir, a short time later.
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Susan Gordon was best known as a child actress and is remembered mostly for her appearance in the "Twilight Zone" episode "The Fugitive", in which she befriends the ruler of a planet who is hiding out on earth. We're sad to report the news that Susan passed away on December 11th at the age of 62 after battling cancer.
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Susan was last able to speak to us on November 8, 2011. Her final words in the conversation were: "I need to sleep" — she seemed to be consciously avoiding the word "goodbye" in ending conversations with us in her final months. Susan loved life and she did not wish to concede that she had reached the end of her journey. As a result, she did not advise us what to say on her official website after she was gone. We will just mention a few things we know from having been Susan's friends for 15 years.
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MONDAY will see a high-profile opening of the first new venue for Manchester's 2002 Commonwealth Games - the aquatic centre. Several dignitaries are travelling to Manchester from London to mark the fact that it is two years to the opening ceremony of the XVII Commonwealth Games.
Present will be Ian McCartney, the Cabinet Office minister, and Sharron Davies, the former Olympic silver medallist and former Commonwealth swimming champion. There will be a celebrity 50-metre swim featuring the great and good of British swimming, including Nick Gillingham, Adrian Moorhouse and David Wilkie.
But behind the glitzy headlines there have been further problems about the funding of the Games, although this time there is heavyweight political backing for finding the money and this new money is likely to be announced on Monday.
The politician who will produce the money is McCartney, the minister in overall charge of the Games. Financial problems with the Manchester Games are not exactly new, as readers of this column will recall, except that every time they have been highlighted the Games organisers, instead of admitting that their budgets were over-optimistic, have tried to make us believe that there are no problems; but, of course, they could do with more money if the Games are to be held in the style to which we are accustomed.
The basic problem seems to be in the projections as to how much money would be made from television, particularly overseas sales and sponsorship. The budget has been reviewed at least twice and it may need further revision. The fear is of a hole in the budget which could be as big as £30 million.
Charles Allan, chief executive of the Granada Group and a highly respected businessman, is now in charge of the project and insiders tell me that Allan, with his excellent contacts with Downing Street, will make sure the necessary funds are made available. And with McCartney's help the Treasury, I understand, has been persuaded to cough up.
Apart from the symbolic value of the Games coinciding with the 50th year of the reign of the Queen, the Government is concerned about the political fall-out. McCartney himself is a North-West MP, as is another minister in his department, Graham Stringer, who was leader of the council when Manchester was awarded the Games. The Government cannot afford a repeat of some of the mistakes of previous Games held in this country. Apart from the image problems it would present for a government concerned about its image there are also many crucial constituencies in the area.
TALKING of money, further details of how England's committee spent the money for the failed 2006 World Cup bid has come into my possession.
On April 11 this year Alec McGivan, the bid director, presented a report on the campaign activity and expenditure for 1999. This shows that during 1999 £4,257,700 was spent (the total spent on the bid over the last three years is in excess of £10 million).
A sum of £288,425 was spent on what was called ambassador/VIP hospitality. According to the report: "Expenditure under this heading covered the participation of the leading football ambassadors, Sir Bobby Charlton, Sir Geoff Hurst and Gary Lineker, in the campaign in this period, including their travel and accommodation costs." This also included "gifts of a small value as well as limited hospitality for the members of the FIFA executive committee and other VIPs". However the report reassuringly says expenditure under this heading has been kept as low as possible.
But in addition to Charlton and Co going round the world, there was also travelling by various other individuals, whose names are not specified and which came to £361,914. During 1999 the campaign team visited 21 countries, "some more than once" and travelled nearly 150,000 miles.
The report says: "The policy of seeing members of the FIFA executive committee in their own countries has proved to be the right one and has paid dividends."
The report does not explain what these dividends are and it sounds ironic, given that England's core vote proved to be two: both Scots, although one of the Scots was an expatriate, living in Auckland.
The bid committee were so keen to visit FIFA executive members in their own countries that there was an overspend of £86,914 in this category. The main focus of the campaign was advertising and marketing and this is where most of the money went. It cost £646,251 to prepare the bid document. There was a further £506,570 spent on publications such as the regular Newsletter Target 2006. In addition £623,686 was spent on advertising; more than half of this on perimeter advertising round Premier League football grounds. £400,000 had been spent on such advertising in 1998. It raises two questions: how can such advertising help England secure FIFA executive members' votes; none of whom are English? And since the Premier League funded some of the £10 million total spent, the advertising spending was in effect paying back money to the very people who gave it in the first place, which seems curious.
Also £297,746 was spent on consultants and external agencies, which, says the report, "has been particularly valuable in specialist areas such as domestic and international media and events". The final accounts leading up to the vote should prove very illuminating.
FOLLOWING Arsenal's embarrassment over their failure to sign the Brazilian Edu and the saga of the forged passport I understand that for some time now certain agents have been obtaining such papers as part of the transfer.
According to one highly placed source in a leading club, an agent approached the club two years ago and offered an Argentinian player. The agent told the club that in addition to the transfer fee the club would have to pay another £25,000 to organise the necessary papers for the player; in other words, get him an EU passport.
The club did not know how the papers would be obtained, but suspected they may be forged and refused.
This indicates that this football wheeze, which in recent months has made fools of Derby and Arsenal, has been going on for some time.


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