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Peer reviewedRoth, Wolff-Michael; McGinn, Michelle K. – Science Education, 1997
Presents an alternative perspective that conceives of graphing as observable practices employed to achieve specific goals rather than as knowledge represented in students' minds. Highlights the nature of graphs as semiotic objects, rhetorical devices, and conscription devices. Illustrates the plausibility and fruitfulness of the new perspective in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
