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(Info)Graphically Inclined: A Framework Of Infographic Learning, Jennifer M. Smith, Marla K. Robertson
(Info)Graphically Inclined: A Framework Of Infographic Learning, Jennifer M. Smith, Marla K. Robertson
Teacher Education and Leadership Faculty Publications
Infographics are appearing in children’s magazines, picture books, and informational texts. Understanding, and ultimately creating, these complex visual representations of information or data requires higher level thinking skills to analyze and understand how the text and graphics work together to convey meaning. The authors provide a framework for infographic exploration, investigation, creation, and integration into larger writing pieces. Each phase of the framework includes specific considerations to assist teachers in scaffolding their students’ infographic learning. Providing students with support through exposure to many types of infographics and modeling infographic interpretation prepares students to critically examine and use infographics as they …
Navigating Award-Winning Nonfiction Children's Literature, Jennifer M. Smith, Marla K. Robertson
Navigating Award-Winning Nonfiction Children's Literature, Jennifer M. Smith, Marla K. Robertson
Teacher Education and Leadership Faculty Publications
Nonfiction children's literature has changed in recent years, including an increase in organizational, design, and text features. The authors conducted a content analysis of 112 nonfiction award-winning and honor books from 2000 to 2018 to examine how the books have changed over time. The authors discuss the patterns, changes, and complexities found in nonfiction children's literature and provide text sets and guiding questions for classroom instruction and exploration of three features that appear in books in a variety of ways and may be challenging for students: atypical text, graphics with information, and supplemental expository information.