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- Title
A comparative study of visual representations in conventional, digitized and interactive high school science textbooks.
- Authors
Chen, Xiaoning
- Abstract
With emerging new technologies being applied in teaching and learning, this study compares visual representations in three different high school biology textbook formats and analyses the senses engaged in viewing and understanding the science content represented through these visuals. The findings show that while a similar pattern is observed in using various categories of visuals in the biology textbooks, several new multimedia features have emerged in digitized and interactive textbooks. These new features have an impact on how students engage the senses of vision and touch in science learning. The implications regarding the integration of effective multimedia features in designing visual representations in science textbooks and the need to support students to become confident and critical digital citizens are discussed.
- Subjects
VISUAL literacy; ELECTRONIC textbooks; SCIENCE textbooks; TEXTBOOKS; BIOLOGY textbooks; NONVERBAL communication
- Publication
Journal of Visual Literacy, 2017, Vol 36, Issue 2, p104
- ISSN
1051-144X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/1051144X.2017.1386388