Table 1 Coding framework for strategy use during construction of data visualizations (adapted from Chang, 2022)
From: Strategies and difficulties during students’ construction of data visualizations
Strategy | Definition |
|---|---|
Metavisual strategy | Systematic series of planned or monitored actions for achieving a particular goal of visualization |
Focusing strategy | Performance indicated that the participant monitored progress by continuously matching among her/his current ideas, the expressed data visualization, and the goal of the task |
Inducting strategy | Performance indicated that the participant used reflection and self-questioning to generate criteria that guided identification of important variable(s) needed in the data visualization task |
Perfecting strategy | Performance indicated that the participant identified flaws or limitations in the initial data visualization and continuously thought about how to improve the quality of the data visualization to fulfill the task request and achieve the task goal |
Resourcing strategy | Performance indicated that the participant retrieved existing conceptions or searched for online information to identify and obtain resources needed based on the purpose of the task |
Deducing strategy | Performance indicated that the participant applied her/his own ideas or knowledge to guide the action for the data visualization task |
Non-metavisual strategy | Series of actions with little or no evidence of metacognition |
Personal preference | Performance indicated that the participant constructed a certain data visualization because she/he was familiar with that type of data visualization |
Trial and error | Performance indicated that the participant tried several types of data visualizations and decided on a data visualization without being able to give a reason or consider the purpose |