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Golbeck, Susan L. – Young Children, 2005
Words are only one way of symbolizing ideas. Numbers, pictures, graphs, maps, diagrams, photographs, and other means are also used to convey information. Researchers refer to notational systems such as graphs, diagrams, and maps as "inscriptions." Inscriptions are tools that help people to perceive and to talk about spatial worlds. Spatial…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Literacy, Visual Arts, Mathematics Instruction