Representative Publications

Mike Stieff - Principle Investigator

• Stieff, M. & DeSutter, D. (2021). Sketching, not representational competence, predicts improved science learning. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 58 (1), 128-156.

• Kinnari A., Uttal D., & Stieff M. (2020). Situating space: using a discipline-focused lens to examine spatial thinking skills. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 5 (1).

• Stieff M., Werner S., DeSutter D., Franconeri S., & Hegarty M. (2020). Visual chunking as a strategy for spatial thinking in STEM. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 5 (18).

• Meyerhoff H.S., Jardine N., Stieff M., Hegarty M., & Franconeri S. (2020). Visual ZIP files: Viewers beat capacity limits by compressing redundant features across objects. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 47 (1), 103–115.

• DeSutter D. & Stieff M. (2020). Designing for Spatial Thinking in STEM: Embodying Perspective Shifts Does Not Lead to Improvements in the Imagined Operations. International Society of the Learning Sciences.

• Chen Y., Yim R.A., Kogen R., Stieff M., & Superfine A.C. (2020). Rethinking Rater Effects When Using Teacher Observation Protocols. International Society of the Learning Sciences.

• Ryan S. & Stieff M. (2019). Drawing for assessing learning outcomes in chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education, 96 (9), 1813-1820.

• Stieff M. (2019). Improving learning outcomes in secondary chemistry with visualization-supported inquiry activities. Journal of Chemical Education, 96 (7), 1300-1307.

• Stieff M., Origenes A., DeSutter D., Lira M., Banevicius L., Tabang D., & Cabel G. (2018). Operational constraints on the mental rotation of STEM representations. Journal of Educational Psychology, 110 (8), 1160.

• Stieff M., Werner S.M., Fink B., & Meador D. (2018). Online prelaboratory videos improve student performance in the general chemistry laboratory. Journal of Chemical Education, 95 (8), 1260-1266.

• Stieff M., Scheiter K., Ainsworth S., Bohrmann-Linde C., & Schall M. (2018). Drawing for Learning from Dynamic Visualizations in Science. International Society of the Learning Sciences.

• Lira M.E. & Stieff M. (2018). Using gesture analysis to assess students’ developing representational competence. Towards a framework for representational competence in science education, 205-228.

• DeSutter D. & Stieff M. (2017). Teaching students to think spatially through embodied actions: Design principles for learning environments in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2 (1), 1-20.

• Cooper M.M., Stieff M., & DeSutter D. (2017). Sketching the invisible to predict the visible: from drawing to modeling in chemistry. Topics in Cognitive Science, 9 (4), 902-920.

• Hegarty M., Uttal D.H., Stieff M., Lowrie T., & Vosniadou S. (2017). Educating Spatial Thinking for STEM Success. CogSci.

• Stieff M. (2017). Drawing for promoting learning and engagement with dynamic visualizations. Learning from Dynamic Visualizations, 333-356.

• Stieff M., Lira M.E., & Scopelitis S.A. (2016). Gesture supports spatial thinking in STEM. Cognition and Instruction, 34 (2), 80-99.