Multiple utilities of infographics in undergraduate students’ process-based writing

Jenell Krishnan University of California, Irvine ; Undarmaa Maamuujav University of California, Irvine ; Penelope Collins University of California, Irvine

Abstract

Although infographics have been used for educational purposes, their specific use for teaching process-based writing in undergraduate writing courses is not documented in the literature. When integrating infographics into a process-based writing instructional approach, they may offer students multiple means of representation, engagement, and expression – universal design for learning principles. We examined one undergraduate writing course that integrated infographics into a process-based writing approach to understand student experiences and uses of this multimodal communication form. Results show that infographics have unique benefits and challenges to supporting student writing. Results also reveal that students used their infographics for revising, transferring, and rethinking the content of their subsequent, text-only research papers. This work has implications for college composition pedagogy.

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Writing and Pedagogy
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2021-08-15
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10.1558/wap.18814
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