either
or they
.
provide students with the
opportunity
Vacca and to decide what parts of the
Vacca text are important,
(1993)
believe that
the use of
graphic aids and how ideas and
in text will: concepts in the text are
related.
• Graphic aids can help you better
“see” and understand the
information.
• Graphic aids can provide visual
examples of things described in the
text.
• Graphic aids help us to show and
compare information.
Several authors support the value of
using graphic aids with text as they:
can
either be vertical or
horizontal.
Points are
connected to
show
There may be
relationships
between two or
one or more
more items. lines
depending on
the items.
in which the sizes of
the slices presents part of a
whole.
Shows steps in procedures or
processes
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Tables present large amounts of
data in a simple, brief, and clear
linear format. The same data in
prose would be bulky, confusing,
and inaccessible.
Also, tables allow the writer to
focus attention on specific pieces
of data while retaining a clear
presentation of the whole.
• is visually accurate.
• A map shows location.
• A diagram shows the parts of
an object.
• A table compares information
expressed as numbers.
• Graphic aids improve student
performance;
• It Improves students’ reading
comprehension;
• Improves thinking and learning skills;
• Aids in Retention;
• It supports implementation of cognitive
learning theories;
• It helps students link existing knowledge
organized in schemas to new
knowledge;
• Graphic aids communicate what
words cannot;
• Appeal to visual learners;
• Provide pictures that will aid
memory and retention;
• Save space and record information in
a concise manner;
• Clarify relationships, such as
numerical relationships;
Illustrates the steps or stages in
a process, and their
relationship to one another.
Students need to see
relationships and learn how to
link ideas;
• are quick and direct;
• highlight the most important facts;
• Construct maps