ERIC Number: EJ1091593
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-1051-1970
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Infographics and Mathematics: A Mechanism for Effective Learning in the Classroom
Sudakov, Ivan; Bellsky, Thomas; Usenyuk, Svetlana; Polyakova, Victoria V.
PRIMUS, v26 n2 p158-167 2016
This work discusses the creation and use of infographics in an undergraduate mathematics course. Infographics are a visualization of information that combines data, formulas, and images. This article discusses how to form an infographic and uses infographics on topics within mathematics and climate as examples. It concludes with survey data from undergraduate students on both the general use of infographics and on the specific infographics designed by the authors.
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Undergraduate Study, Teaching Methods, Student Surveys, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Visualization, Visual Aids, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Identifiers - Location: Russia; United States
Grant or Contract Numbers: DMS0940314