Review of Graph Comprehension Research: Implications for Instruction

By Priti Shah, J. Hoeffner. 2002

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Mental number line, number line estimation, and mathematical achievement : Their interrelations in grades 5 and 6 (2009, background): “Some of the correct interpretations related to the meaning of the widths or heights of the graphs, while others related to the meaning of the slope as representing the proportion of y-change and x-change (Shah & Hoeffner, 2002).”
Presenting quantitative information about decision outcomes: a risk communication primer for patient decision aid developers (2013, background): “Such theories could help to translate the growing research in graph cognition and design [78,79] into practical advice for risk communicators.”
The Science of Visual Data Communication: What Works (2021, background): “…might try to remove roadblocks for students struggling to translate visual depictions to their underlying concepts (Börner & Polley, 2014; Shah & Hoeffner, 2002) or seek multimedia design principles for designing effective graphics and integrating them with text (e.g., Mayer & Fiorella,…”
COGAM: Measuring and Moderating Cognitive Load in Machine Learning Model Explanations (2020, background): “Since explanations are often visualized as charts, we focus on human understanding of line and bar charts and draw on research on graph comprehension and visualization literacy [33, 58, 59].”