ERIC Number: EJ914386
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Feb
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-1081-3004
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Expanding Perspectives for Comprehending Visual Images in Multimodal Texts
Serafini, Frank
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v54 n5 p342-350 Feb 2011
The texts that adolescents encounter today are often multimodal, meaning they incorporate a variety of modes, including visual images, hypertext, and graphic design elements along with written text. Expanding the perspectives readers use to make sense of the multimodal texts is an important aspect of comprehension instruction. Moving beyond the traditional cognitive strategies often incorporated in instruction frameworks for comprehending written texts, this article presents three additional perspectives for comprehending visual images. Examples from each perspective are included to help middle and high school teachers expand the strategies students draw from to interpret and understand visual images and multimodal texts. (Contains 4 figures.)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Intermode Differences, Learning Modalities, Comprehension, Visual Aids, Visual Literacy, Spatial Ability, Media Literacy
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Secondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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