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 | | Dr. Doris Zahner | | Postdoctoral Research Associate |
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Research & Education
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Ph.D., Educational Psychology, (May 2005), Columbia University
M.S., Applied Statistics, (May 2002), Teachers College, Columbia University
M.A., Cognitive Studies in Education: Intelligent Technologies, (May 2000), Teachers College, Columbia University
B.S., Educational Psychology, (May 1998), Cornell University |
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Use of diagrams in problem solving, particularly in the domains of probability and information systems design. |
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Publications
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Journals- Corter, J. & Zahner, D. (2007). "Use of external visual representations in probability problem solving", Statistics Education Research Journal. 6
Conference Proceedings- Corter, J.E., Rho, Y., Zahner, D., Nickerson, J.V., & Tversky, B. (Jul 2009). "Bugs and biases: Diagnosing misconceptions in the understanding of diagrams", Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Cognitive Science Society
- Corter, J. E., Nickerson, J.V., Tversky, B., Zahner, D., & Rho, Y. (Jul 2008). "Using diagrams to design information systems", B. C. Love, K. McRae, & V. M. Sloutsky (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Cognitive Science Society
- Nickerson, J.V., Corter, J.E., Tversky, B., Zahner, D., & Rho, Y. (2008). "Diagrams as tools in the design of information systems", J.S. Gero & A. Goel (Eds.), Design Computing and Cognition ’08, Springer-Verlag.
- Nickerson, J. V., Corter, J. E., Tversky, B., Zahner, D., and Rho, Y. (2008). "The Spatial Nature of Thought: Understanding information systems design through diagrams,", R. Boland, M. Limayem, and B. Pentland, (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Information Systems
- Tversky, B., Corter, J. E., Nickerson, J.V., Zahner, D., & Rho, Y. (2008). "Transforming descriptions and diagrams to sketches in information system design", G. Stapelton, J. Howse, & J. Lee (Eds.), Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams 2008, Springer-Verlag
- Zahner, D. & Corter, J. (Apr 2006). "The Processes of Probability Problem Solving: Use of External Visual Representations. ", American Educational Research Association
- Zahner, D.C. & Corter, J.E. (Jan 2005). "Identifying stages of processing in probability problem solving", Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Zahner, D.C., Hachey, A., & Black, J.B. (Jun 2002). "Learning activities collaborative", Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Denver, Colorado.
- Zahner, D.C. & Corter, J.E. (Apr 2002). "Clinical interviewing to uncover the cognitive processes of probability problem solvers", Paper discussion presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
- Zahner, D.C., Hachey, A.C., & Black, J.B. (Apr 2002). "Cognitive flexibility theory and the evaluation of re-purposable online learning objects.", Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
- Zahner, D.C., & Corter, J.E. (Oct 2001). "Prior preparation and attitude towards mathematics as predictors of performance in a graduate statistics course", Paper presented at the annual conference of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, New Paltz, NY.
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