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Some students, science is considered as one of the most hated subjects. This is true because the knowledge, concepts, ideas, principles and laws being discussed are incredibly abstract thus requiring the mind to imagine and visualize things in the atomic and molecular level. Inappropriate strategies that do not match with the learning content, this would absolutely make many students to cause great pain or anguish mental activity of thinking and memorizing concepts and ideas that would make learning the subject not only very boring but likewise not educationally enterprising. This is why students generate misconceptions of scientific concepts and ideas in their worst extent.
According to J.H. Mathewson, visual-spatial thinking includes vision- the process of using the eyes to identify, locate, and think about objects and ourselves in the world and imagery - the formation, inspection, transformation, and maintenance of images in the "mind's eye" in the absence of a visual stimulus.
I firmly believe that students who are exposed to sight and sound have better retention and comprehension of concepts. This is also being supported by the psychological and educational researches stating that a person remembers only 20% of what he reads, remembers 40% of what he reads and hears but incredibly remembers 80% of what reads, hears and sees.
At this juncture, imagery in teaching science is vital and important in order for the students to visualize the appropriate and correct learning concepts.Through this, students will have clear and better understanding. This is a way of providing the most effective and efficient learning to students.
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