What does this research mean for the field?

Mental visualization is a distributed social practice that can be effectively assessed through a triadic model of visualization literacy. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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The study aims to reconceptualize drawing from imagination as a social practice and develop a model for visualization literacy instruction.

March 13, 2026ACC JournalOpen Access

Mental Visualization As Social Practice: Repertoires, Material Mediation, And Micro-Temporality

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The study aims to reconceptualize drawing from imagination as a social practice and develop a model for visualization literacy instruction.
Conducted a mixed-methods pilot study with 30 Czech secondary-school graphic design students.
Utilized observations, questionnaires, and artifact analyses across three task regimes.
Analyzed the data to identify patterns in students' visualization practices.
Identified five distinct repertoires used by students in visualization tasks.
Found three recurring thresholds representing challenges in translating mental models to drawings.
Proposed a triadic model for assessing visualization literacy activities.

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Mixed-methods study explores visualization literacy in graphic design students, suggesting new instructional frameworks.

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Tereza Vlasáková (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69b3ac8102a1e69014cce3da https://doi.org/10.2478/acc-2026-0003

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Mental Visualization As Social Practice: Repertoires, Material Mediation, And Micro-Temporality

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