| Sumario: | The article presents information about graphical literacy. Graphical literacy is the ability to read and write graphs. Ability to read graphs is becoming increasingly important because they are being more widely used in newspapers, magazines, textbooks, and television presentations. Students in today's schools can look forward to an increasing use of graphical presentations on computer terminals, in print, and in classrooms. But reading and comprehending graphs is only half of graphical literacy. The other half is the ability to draw them. Students need to draw graphs so they can better communicate ideas, so they can use graphs in studying, and so they can better understand them. Graphical literacy is an important communication tool that needs more emphasis in the school curriculum. Students should be encouraged to use graphing in all types of written communication and in study. Finally, if graphing is to be included to a greater extent in the curriculum of reading, English, and most other subjects, it needs to be more highly valued. Some techniques for showing greater value for graphical literacy include graphing assignments and greater recognition on the part of teachers of the communication value of graphs.
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