The Responsiveness of Students to Pictorial Depth Cues and the Understanding of Diagrams of Three‐dimensional Structures

Abstract
Two experiments were carried out to investigate how remedial instruction may be given to students who have difficulties in understanding the three‐dimensional spatial relationships portrayed in diagrams of three‐dimensional structures. Both experiments are based on a model which describes this kind of understanding in terms of the ability to respond correctly to each of four depth cues in the diagrams, and the ability to combine these depth cues correctly.