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Direct linkShand, Kristen – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2009
Graphs are often conjoined with text passages in history textbooks to help students comprehend complex constructs. Four linkages connect text and graphs: appropriate elements, fitting patterns, suitable labels and causal markers. Graphs in current textbooks contain few such linkages and seldom mirror the construct under study. An experiment…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Textbooks, Graphs, Statistical Analysis
