Research and Teaching: Visual Literacy in Biology: A Comparison of Visual Representations in Textbooks and Journal Articles | NSTA

Research and Teaching: Visual Literacy in Biology: A Comparison of Visual Representations in Textbooks and Journal Articles

Journal of College Science Teaching—September/October 2011

Using course materials to promote visual literacy skills is an important aspect of undergraduate science education. A comparison study was undertaken to determine the composition of visual representation, specifically representations of data generated from experimental research, found in general biology and discipline-specific textbooks compared with primary journal articles.

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