Learning With Multiple Representations: Framing Infographics as Cognitive Tools for Authentic Learning in Science Literacy

• In Event: 14.046 - Poster Session 1
  In Poster Session: 14.046-4 - Design and Research in Learning Environments

Abstract

Research on cognitive tools has mainly focused on technological artifacts, paying less attention to learner agency and activity structures and prompting calls for re-conceptualizing cognitive tools as processes rather than products. Based on a design-based research project with secondary school students and learner-generated infographics, this proposal presents a case study where infographics are used as “enhanced” cognitive tools in authentic classrooms to develop young adult’s science literacy. The study helps researchers in re-conceptualizing cognitive tools and teachers in designing infographic-based active learning environments.

Author

• Engida Hailye Gebre, Simon Fraser University