Using Infographics to Build Media Literacy and Higher-Order Thinking Skills

Using Infographics to Build Media Literacy and Higher-Order Thinking Skills

By Stephen Noonoo 
edutopia.org
7 min
January 20, 2023


Teaching infographic literacy involves asking students to flex their critical thinking skills—and their creative muscles.


In a world where simply reading the news requires significant statistical and visual literacy, infographics have become prolific in magazines and news sites—where they’re used to explain everything from political projections to public health to Hawaiian volcanic eruptions.

According to a new paper by researchers Jennifer M. Smith and Marla K. Robertson, teaching students how to interpret the modern infographic is an essential skill, and an important part of multimodal learning.

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