Understanding and Interpreting Visual Aids
The statement is more powerful than you probably realize. Visual aids are a very important part of textbook reading. They are tools designed to help you learn and remember new concepts and key information.
Purpose of Visual Aids: shows you how ideas connect or relate to each other.
Visual Aids and Main Idea: a way to illustrate and explain their main idea
Previewing Visual Information
1. Read the title and explanation
2. Check the source of the material to see
3. Look for clues to the purpose of a visual in the headings and labels used.
4. Circle key word in the title and associated text to help you remember
5. Get into the habit of asking yourself the following three questions and answering
Types of Visual Aids
Charts and Tables condense large amounts of material into a format that makes it easy to see how different items of information relate to each other.
Diagrams : Connections between related pieces of information using simple to complex drawing
Illustrations is a drawing that allows an author to show you the sections or parts of a machine, plant, or building, more clearly than a photograph could.
Graphs are used to make amounts of information easily accessible so that you can see at a glance the similarities or differences between the items being discussed or recognize trends over time.
Bar Graphs : illustrate information by using parallel rectangular bars of varying length to contrast information.
Line Graphs are grids with vertical and horizontal axes.
Pie Graphs represents data by using a circle to show the whole, and slices or wedges to show how that whole is divided up.
Pictographs represent data through the use of picture
Photographs help you make associations with information in the text.
Time Lines are visual aids that use labeled marks on a straight line to show the time sequence or chronology of a series of events.
Outlines provide an overview or summary of information. Tables of contents are outlines. They provide the chapter titles, headings, and subheadings as guide to the framework of the text.
Creating Your Own Visual Aids is an effective study tool. The process increases your understanding of the information you are reading and also serves as an intensive study session.
Selecting the type of Visual to Use
Charts and Tables are popular visual aids because they are effective and easy to use. The format lets you see, relatively easily, how different items compare with each other.
Outlines
You must categorize the information in a reading assignment, nothing the topic, the main ideas, and the supporting details.
Time Lines : It can also be helpful to add any other relevant information about historical events.
Mind maps are visual aids that use shapes and lines to show the relative importance of idea.
Free-Form Drawings is a useful way to illustrate and organize what you read so you can remember it.
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