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Watkins, Naomi M.; Liang, Lauren Aimonette – Reading Psychology, 2014
This article discusses the various labels and definitions given for texts used for informational reading and writing and the confusion caused by the inconsistency of terms. An EBSCO search on articles published from 2006 to 2011 in the three largest literacy-related professional organizations' journals produced a total of 59 articles.…
Descriptors: Journal Articles, Content Analysis, Reading Materials, Literacy
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Pozzer-Ardenghi, Lilian; Roth, Wolff-Michael – Reading Psychology, 2010
In the social studies of science, visuals and graphical representations are theorized by means of the concept of inscription, a term that denotes all representations other than text inscribed in some medium including graphs, tables, photographs, and equations. Inscriptions constitute an intrinsic and integral part of scientific practice; their…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Graphs, Science Instruction, Illustrations