Paired Graphics: An Exploratory Study of Graphicacy

Adults viewed 37 varied paired graphics derived from school science textbooks and explained meaningful aspects of each item. Verbal responses and eye tracking results indicated that participants understood most of the items and directed their attention to high relevance aspects of the graphics. Alth...

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Main Authors: Boucheix, J., Lowe, Richard, Ainsworth, S., Betrancourt, M., De Vries, E.
Other Authors: Erica de Vries
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Universite Pierre-Mendes-France 2012
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Online Access:http://earlisig2-2012.upmf-grenoble.fr/UserFiles/EARLI_SIG2_Proceedings_2012.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43369
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author Boucheix, J.
Lowe, Richard
Ainsworth, S.
Betrancourt, M.
De Vries, E.
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description Adults viewed 37 varied paired graphics derived from school science textbooks and explained meaningful aspects of each item. Verbal responses and eye tracking results indicated that participants understood most of the items and directed their attention to high relevance aspects of the graphics. Although some variables,such as the typicality of the graphic pairs appeared to influence comprehension, others such as content complexity seemed to have no effect. The findings will be used as baseline data for current studies of children’s approaches to paired graphics and more formal investigations of the nature of graphicacy.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-433692023-02-07T08:01:21Z Paired Graphics: An Exploratory Study of Graphicacy Boucheix, J. Lowe, Richard Ainsworth, S. Betrancourt, M. De Vries, E. Erica de Vries Katharina Scheiter attention direction science textbooks paired graphics comprehension graphicacy Adults viewed 37 varied paired graphics derived from school science textbooks and explained meaningful aspects of each item. Verbal responses and eye tracking results indicated that participants understood most of the items and directed their attention to high relevance aspects of the graphics. Although some variables,such as the typicality of the graphic pairs appeared to influence comprehension, others such as content complexity seemed to have no effect. The findings will be used as baseline data for current studies of children’s approaches to paired graphics and more formal investigations of the nature of graphicacy. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43369 http://earlisig2-2012.upmf-grenoble.fr/UserFiles/EARLI_SIG2_Proceedings_2012.pdf Universite Pierre-Mendes-France restricted
spellingShingle attention direction
science textbooks
paired graphics
comprehension
graphicacy
Boucheix, J.
Lowe, Richard
Ainsworth, S.
Betrancourt, M.
De Vries, E.
Paired Graphics: An Exploratory Study of Graphicacy
title Paired Graphics: An Exploratory Study of Graphicacy
title_full Paired Graphics: An Exploratory Study of Graphicacy
title_fullStr Paired Graphics: An Exploratory Study of Graphicacy
title_full_unstemmed Paired Graphics: An Exploratory Study of Graphicacy
title_short Paired Graphics: An Exploratory Study of Graphicacy
title_sort paired graphics: an exploratory study of graphicacy
topic attention direction
science textbooks
paired graphics
comprehension
graphicacy
url http://earlisig2-2012.upmf-grenoble.fr/UserFiles/EARLI_SIG2_Proceedings_2012.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43369