Peter Cheng — Selected Publications

Cheng, P. C.-H. (2012). Algebra Diagrams: A HANDi Introduction. In B. Plimmer & P. Cox (Eds.), Diagrammatic Representation and Inference (pp. 178-192). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Cheng, P. C.-H. (2012). Visualizing Syllogisms:  Category Pattern Diagrams versus Venn Diagrams. In P. Chapman & L. Micallef (Eds.), Euler Diagrams 2012: Proc. 3rd International Workshop on Euler Diagrams, Canterbury, UK, July, 2, 2012 (pp. 32-46): CEUR-WS.org, online http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-854/paper3.pdf.

Cheng, P. C.-H. (2012). Truth diagrams: an overview. In P. Cox, B. Plimmer & P. Rodgers (Eds.), Diagrammatic Representation and Inference: 7th International Conference on DIagrams 2012 (pp. 309-911). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Cheng, P. C.-H. (2011). Probably good diagrams for learning: Representational epistemic re-codification of probability theory Topics in Cognitive Science 3(3), 475-498. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2009.01065.x

van Genuchten, E., & Cheng, P. C.-H. (2010). Temporal chunk signal reflecting five hierarchical levels in writing sentences. In S. Ohlsson & R. Catrambone (Eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1922-1927). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

van Genuchten, E., & Cheng, P. C. H. (2009). Missing working memory deficit in dyslexia: children writing from memory. In N. Taatgen & H. v. Rijn (Eds.), Proceedings of the Thirty-first Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1674-1679). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Obaidellah, U. H., & Cheng, P. C. H. (2009). Graphical production of complex abstract diagrams: drawing out chunks and schemas. In N. Taatgen & H. v. Rijn (Eds.), Proceedings of the Thirty-first Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2843-2848). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Kent, R., & Cheng, P. C. H. (2008). Expertise in a Map Reading Task: The Role of Schemas in the Processing of Topographical Relief Information. In B. C. Love, K. McRae & V. M. Sloutsky (Eds.), Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2298-2303). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Ranson, D., & Cheng, P. C.-H. (2008). VAST Improvements to Diagrammatic Scheduling using Representational Epistemic Interface Design. In G. Stapleton, J. Howse & J. Lee (Eds.), Diagrammatic Representation and Inference, Lecture Notes in Aritificial Intelligence 5223 (pp. 141-155). Berlin: Springer

Cheng, P. C. H., & Rojas-Anaya, H. (2008). A Graphical Chunk Production Model: Evaluation Using Graphical Protocol Analysis with Artificial Sentences. In B. C. Love, K. McRae & V. M. Sloutsky (Eds.), Proceedings of the Thirtith Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1972-1977). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Cheng, P. C. H., & Rojas-Anaya, H. (2007). Measuring Mathematical Formula Writing Competence: An Application of Graphical Protocol Analysis. In D. S. McNamara & J. G. Trafton (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty Nineth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 869-874). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Cheng, P. C.-H., & Barone, R. (2007). Representing complex problems: A representational epistemic approach. In D. H. Jonassen (Ed.), Learning to solve complex scientific problems. (pp. 97-130). Mahmah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Cheng, P. C. H., & Rojas-Anaya, H. (2006). A temporal signal reveals chunk structure in the writing of word phrases. In Proceedings of the Twenty Eighth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Wood, S., Cox, R., & Cheng, P. C.-H. (2006). Attention Design: Eight issues to consider. Computers in Human Behaviour, 22(4), 588-602.

Cheng, P. C. H., & Rojas-Anaya, H. (2005). Writing out a temporal signal of chunks: patterns of pauses reflect the induced structure of written number sequences. In B. G. Bara, L. Barsalou & M. Bucciarelli (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty Seventh Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 424-429). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Barone, R., & Cheng, P. C.-H. (2004). Representations for problem solving: on the benefits of integrated structure. In E. Banissi, K. Börner, C. Chen, et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information Visualisation (pp. 575-580). Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE.

Peebles, D. J., & Cheng, P. C.-H.  (2003). Modelling the effect of task and graphical representations on response latencies in a graph-reading task. Human factors 45(1).

Cheng, P. C.-H., & Shipstone, D. M. (2003). Supporting learning and promoting conceptual change with box and AVOW diagrams. Part 1: Representational design and instructional approaches. International Journal of Science Education, 25(2), 193-204.

Cheng, P. C.-H., & Shipstone, D. M. (2003). Supporting learning and promoting conceptual change with box and AVOW diagrams. Part 2: Their impact on student learning at A-level. International Journal of Science Education, 25(3), 291-305.

Cheng, P. C. H. (2003). Diagrammatic re-codification of probability theory: A representational epistemological study. In Proceedings of the Twenty Fifth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erbaum.

Cheng, P. C.-H., & Pitt, N. G. (2003). Diagrams for difficult problems in probability. Mathematical Gazette, 87(508), 86-97.

Cheng, P. C.-H. (2002). Electrifying diagrams for learning: principles for effective representational systems. Cognitive Science, 26(6), 685-736.

Katz, I. R., Xi, X., Kim, H.-J., & Cheng, P. C. H. (2002). Graph Structure Supports Graph Description. In W. Gray & C. Schunn (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty Fourth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 530-535). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erbaum.

Peebles, D. J., & Cheng, P. C.-H. (2002). Extending task analytic model of graph-based reasoning: A cognitive model of problem solving with Cartesian graphs in ACT-R/PM. Journal of Cognitive Systems Research, 2, 77-86.

Cheng, P. C.-H., Barone, R., Cowling, P. I., & Ahmadi, S. (2002). Opening the information bottleneck in complex scheduling problems with a novel representation: STARK diagrams. In M. Hegarty, B. Meyer & N. H. Narayanan (Eds.), Diagrammatic representations and inference: Second International Conference, Diagrams 2002 (pp. 264-278). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Cowling, P. I., Ahmadi, S., Cheng, P. C.-H., & Barone, R. (2002). Combining human and machine intelligence to produce effective examination timetables. In  L.Wang, K. Tan,  C. Furuhashi., J-H  Kim, and X. Yao (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Simulated Evolution And Learning (SEAL2002), Singapore; (pp 662-666). (ISBN 981-04-7523-3).

Shipstone, D. M., & Cheng, P. C.-H. (2002). Electric circuits: A new approach - part 2. School Science Review, 83(304), 73-81.

Shipstone, D. S., & Cheng, P. C.-H. (2001). Electric circuits: A new approach - part 1. School Science Review, 83(303), 55-63.

Cheng, P. C.-H., McFadzean, J., & Copeland, L. (2001). Drawing out the temporal structure of induced perceptual chunks. In J. D. Moore & K. Stenning (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty Third Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 200-205). Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erbaum.

Cheng, P. C.-H. (2001). Artificial intelligence: scientific reasoning, computational models. In N. J. Smelser & P. B. Baltes (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (pp. 13731-13733): Elsevier.

Cheng, P. C.-H. (2001). AVOW Diagrams: A Novel Representational System for Understanding Electricity. In M. Anderson, B. Meyer & P. Olivier (Eds.), Diagrammatic Representation and Reasoning (pp. 512-534). Berlin: Springer.

Peebles, D. J., & Cheng, P. C.-H. (2001). Graph-based reasoning: from task analysis to cognitive explanation. In J. D. Moore & K. Stenning (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty Third Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 762-767). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erbaum.

Cheng, P. C.-H., Cupit, J., & Shadbolt, N. R. (2001). Supporting diagrammatic knowledge acquisition: An ontological analysis of Cartesian Graphs. International Journal of Human Computer Studies, 54, 457-494.

Cheng, P. C.-H., Lowe, R. K., & Scaife, M. (2001). Cognitive science approaches to diagrammatic representations. Artificial Intelligence Review, 15(1-2), 79-94. Anderson, M., Cheng, P. C.-H., & Haarslev, V. (Eds.). (2000). Theory and Application of Diagrams: First International Conference, Diagrams 2000. Berlin: Springer.

Gobet, F., Lane, P. C. R., Croker, S., Cheng, P. C.-H., Jones, G., Oliver, I., et al. (2001). Chunking mechanisms in human learning. Trends in Cognitive Science, 5(6), 236-243.

Lane, P., Cheng, P. C.-H., & Gobet, F. (2000). CHREST+: Investigating how humans learn to solve problems using diagrams. AISB Quarterly, 103, 24-30.

Lane, P., Gobet, F., & Cheng, P. C.-H. (2000). Leaning-based constraints on schemata. In L. R. Gleitman & A. K. Joshi (Eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 776-781). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Cheng, P. C.-H. (1999). Unlocking conceptual learning in mathematics and science with effective representational systems. Computers in Education, 33(2-3), 109-130.

Cheng, P. C.-H. (1999). Interactive law encoding diagrams for learning and instruction. Learning and Instruction, 9(4), 309-326.

Cheng, P. C.-H. (1999). Networks of Law Encoding Diagrams for understanding science. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 14(2), 167-184. (Tables and Figures)

Cheng, P. C.-H. (1999). (Part a, b, c) Representational analysis and design: What makes an effective representation for learning probability theory? (Technical report No. 65): ESRC Centre for Research in Development, Instruction & Training. 

Lane, P. C. R., Cheng, P. C.-H., & Gobet, F. (1999). Learning perceptual schemas to avoid the utility problem. In M.Bramer, A.Macintosh & F.Coenen (Eds.), Research and Development in Intelligent Systems XVI: Proceedings of ES99, the Nineteenth SGES International Conference on Knowledge Based Systems and Applied Artificial Intelligence (pp. 72-82). Cambridge, UK: Springer.

Peebles, D. J., Cheng, P. C.-H., & Shadbolt, N. R. (1999). Multiple processes in graph-based reasoning. In M. Hahn & S. C. Stoness (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty First Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 531-536). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Cheng, P. C.-H. (1998). A framework for scientific reasoning with Law Encoding Diagrams: Analysing protocols to assess its utility. In M. A. Gernsbacher & S. J. Derry (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 232-235). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Cheng, P. C.-H. (1997). Components of a Cognitive Theory of Problem Solving and Discovery with Law Encoding Diagrams. In M. Anderson (Ed.), Reasoning with Diagrammatic Representations: Papers from the 1997 Fall Symposium (pp. 85-93). Menlo Park, CA: AAAI.

Cheng, P. C.-H. (1996). Scientific discovery with law encoding diagrams. Creativity Research Journal, 9(2&3), 145-162.

Cheng, P. C.-H. (1996). Law encoding diagrams for instructional systems. Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 7(1), 33-74.

Cheng, P. C.-H. (1996). Diagrammatic knowledge acquisition: Elicitation, analysis and issues. In N. R. Shadbolt, H. O'Hara & G. Schreiber (Eds.), Advances in Knowledge Acquisition: 9th European Knowledge Acquisition Workshop, EKAW'96. (pp. 179-194). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Cheng, P. C.-H. (1996). Learning qualitative relations in physics with Law Encoding Diagrams. In G. W. Cottrell (Ed.), Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 512-517). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Cheng, P. C.-H. (1996). Functional roles for the cognitive analysis of diagrams in problem solving. In G. W. Cottrell (Ed.), Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 207-212). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Cheng, P. C.-H. (1996). Problem solving and learning with diagrammatic representations. In D. Peterson (Ed.), Forms of Representation (pp. 47-66). Exeter, U.K.: Intellect Books.

Cheng, P. C.-H., & Simon, H. A. (1995). Scientific discovery and creative reasoning with diagrams. In S. Smith, T. Ward & R. Finke (Eds.), The Creative Cognition Approach (pp. 205-228). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.