Research Article

Determining the Graphical Literacy Levels of the 8th Grade Students

Volume: 20 Number: 86 March 31, 2020
  • Zeynep Medine Ozmen
  • Bulent Guven
  • Yasin Kurak
TR EN

Determining the Graphical Literacy Levels of the 8th Grade Students

Abstract

Purpose: Previous research focused on graphical skills of the students, which remains a gap that exists, and there has not been comprehensive research on students’ graphical literacy abilities. The present study aims to picture graphical literacy levels of the 8th grade students concerning the reading, interpreting, drawing, comparing and evaluating aspects.

Method: Participants in this study consisted of 46 students at 8th-grade from two different middle school levels. The data were collected by graphical literacy test.

Findings: The findings showed that student’s scores of the graphical literacy skill were low. Students had challenge at comparing two graphs, determining suitable context or graph type and realizing errors in the graphs. These results suggest that students are unable to fulfill advanced levels of the graph comprehension as read between and beyond the data.

Implications for Research and Practice: There is need to design the learning environment through these aspects to raise students as graphically literate. To achieve this, of course, graphical literacy level of teachers and quality of instructional activities are important. For future, graphical literacy levels of the teachers should be determined, necessary arrangements should be considered to raise teachers equipped with graphical literacy.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Zeynep Medine Ozmen This is me
Türkiye

Bulent Guven This is me
Türkiye

Yasin Kurak This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

March 31, 2020

Submission Date

April 30, 2020

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 20 Number: 86

APA
Ozmen, Z. M., Guven, B., & Kurak, Y. (2020). Determining the Graphical Literacy Levels of the 8th Grade Students. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 20(86), 269-292. https://izlik.org/JA62EE36NY
AMA
1.Ozmen ZM, Guven B, Kurak Y. Determining the Graphical Literacy Levels of the 8th Grade Students. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research. 2020;20(86):269-292. https://izlik.org/JA62EE36NY
Chicago
Ozmen, Zeynep Medine, Bulent Guven, and Yasin Kurak. 2020. “Determining the Graphical Literacy Levels of the 8th Grade Students”. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research 20 (86): 269-92. https://izlik.org/JA62EE36NY.
EndNote
Ozmen ZM, Guven B, Kurak Y (March 1, 2020) Determining the Graphical Literacy Levels of the 8th Grade Students. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research 20 86 269–292.
IEEE
[1]Z. M. Ozmen, B. Guven, and Y. Kurak, “Determining the Graphical Literacy Levels of the 8th Grade Students”, Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, vol. 20, no. 86, pp. 269–292, Mar. 2020, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA62EE36NY
ISNAD
Ozmen, Zeynep Medine - Guven, Bulent - Kurak, Yasin. “Determining the Graphical Literacy Levels of the 8th Grade Students”. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research 20/86 (March 1, 2020): 269-292. https://izlik.org/JA62EE36NY.
JAMA
1.Ozmen ZM, Guven B, Kurak Y. Determining the Graphical Literacy Levels of the 8th Grade Students. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research. 2020;20:269–292.
MLA
Ozmen, Zeynep Medine, et al. “Determining the Graphical Literacy Levels of the 8th Grade Students”. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, vol. 20, no. 86, Mar. 2020, pp. 269-92, https://izlik.org/JA62EE36NY.
Vancouver
1.Zeynep Medine Ozmen, Bulent Guven, Yasin Kurak. Determining the Graphical Literacy Levels of the 8th Grade Students. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research [Internet]. 2020 Mar. 1;20(86):269-92. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA62EE36NY