Graphicacy: Do Readers of Science Textbooks Need It?

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Graphicacy: Do Readers of Science Textbooks Need It?

In contrast to literacy and numeracy, graphicacy is under-explored. Yet it is not only linked to fundamental cognitive abilities, but is also important in all areas of instruction. This paper reports an analysis of the graphics that appear in K-12 science school books. The questions were the followi...

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Main Authors:	Betrancourt, M., Ainsworth, S., De Vries, E., Boucheix, J., Lowe, Richard
Other Authors:	Erica de Vries
Format:	Conference Paper
Published:	Universite Pierre-Mendes-France 2012
Subjects:	textbooks graphic representations graphicacy interpretative support
Online Access:	http://earlisig2-2012.upmf-grenoble.fr/UserFiles/EARLI_SIG2_Proceedings_2012.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17133

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