Improving scientific literacy through multimodal communication: strategies, benefits and challenges

By Mark A. McDermott, Brian Hand

Issue 359 | Page 15 | Published Dec 2015

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Instruction aimed at improving student use of strategies integrating modes such as pictures, diagrams and charts with text in multimodal writing tasks can lead to greater understanding of science concepts.

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