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Masmoudi, Dorra Moalla – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2020
Scientific knowledge is not communicated through the verbal mode only but through the integrated use of tabular, graphical and verbal forms, a fact that has positioned visual understanding as a major element of literacy demands to acquire advanced knowledge. In spite of this, empirical studies on how scientists develop meaning out of visual data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Visual Aids, Visual Literacy, Reading Strategies
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Martínez-Cardama, Sara; Caridad-Sebastián, Mercedes – Education for Information, 2019
Social networks and collaboration make it possible to offer new metacognitive horizons for comprehension of theories in a group of students considered digitally native. This study discusses the applicability of different forms of visualisation used as a constructivist learning technique on social networks. It presents the results of an innovative…
Descriptors: Social Media, Visual Literacy, Visualization, Constructivism (Learning)
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McGrail, Ewa; Rieger, Alicja; Doepker, Gina M.; McGeorge, Samantha – SANE Journal: Sequential Art Narrative in Education, 2018
National guidelines such as the "Standards for the 21st Century Learner" (American Association of School Librarians, 2007) and the "Common Core State Standards" (Common Core State Standards, 2010) recognize the importance of using a wide range of informational texts, including comic books and graphic novels to teach content, in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Cartoons, Common Core State Standards
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Nikolaraizi, Magda; Vekiri, Ioanna; Easterbrooks, Susan R. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2013
A mixed research design was used to examine how deaf students used the visual resources of a multimedia software package that was designed to support reading comprehension. The viewing behavior of 8 deaf students, ages 8-12 years, was recorded during their interaction with multimedia software that included narrative texts enriched with Greek Sign…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Literacy, Visual Literacy, Sign Language
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McTigue, Erin M.; Flowers, Amanda C. – Reading Teacher, 2011
Constructing meaning from science texts relies not only on comprehending the words but also the diagrams and other graphics. The goal of this study was to explore elementary students' perceptions of science diagrams and their skills related to diagram interpretation. 30 students, ranging from second grade through middle school, completed a diagram…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Visual Literacy, Literacy, Science Education
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Serafini, Frank – Children's Literature in Education, 2010
This article presents a tripartite framework for analyzing multimodal texts. The three analytical perspectives presented include: (1) perceptual, (2) structural, and (3) ideological analytical processes. Using Anthony Browne's picturebook "Piggybook" as an example, assertions are made regarding what each analytical perspective brings to the…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Media Literacy, Semiotics, Childrens Literature