From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <6e35c06205043019364a2eb8ec@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 19:36:47 -0700 From: Jack Johnson To: 9fans <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] vga bios mode support, on-the-fly screen resizing In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <6e35c062050430094165fa6ee9@mail.gmail.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 438413c4-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 4/30/05, Russ Cox wrote: > The support is still as hard as ever I only ask because I just came back from a conference where David Thornburg spoke, mentioning some research I hadn't heard previously regarding the positive impact multiple views of the same data have on student learning. Google found related info: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4089/is_200403/ai_n9366702 "Results suggest that having students practice with differently formatted maps of the same information improves later comprehension of standard contour maps. These findings have implications for teaching complex graphics and for computer-assisted instruction design." -- Journal of Geoscience Education So naturally it's got me thinking about dual-head again. As an aside, he and I had a great conversation about the origins of the scrollbar at PARC, including his test wiring of a platten knob to the side of a terminal to flip pages. -Jack