The Incremental Meaning Effect in the Practice of Knowledge Visualization on Economic Fundamentals

The aim of this study is to substantiate the incremental meaning effect in the practice of knowledge visualization. To achieve this aim, the article utilizes principles and methods from didactics and ergodesign, visual and evolutionary epistemology, as well as elementary techniques from graph theory. The novelty of the work lies in justifying and discussing the significance of incremental meaning in constructing visual models used in teaching practices. The paper notes that such incremental meaning allows for the evolutionary unfolding of a visual model, thereby transitioning from a static representation of visual models to their dynamic representation. The article demonstrates examples of two types of visual models such as a linear visual model and a branching visual model. The linear model illustrates the process of creating a large industrial centre in the Tennessee River Valley (USA), while the branching model conceptualizes the principles of lending. Both examples are within the context of the Fundamentals of Economics course. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of applying the effect of incremental meaning in the practice of knowledge visualization and the opportunity it provides for a simple transition from static visual models to dynamic visual models. This article will be useful for educators and methodologists, specialists in knowledge visualization and ergodesign, as well as anyone interested in the problems of knowledge and reasoning modelling.