Create a Graphic
For this post I created a simple graphic similar to those found on the website Which One Doesn’t Belong. This site contains sets of objects and shapes, and students are tasked to describe why each object is the one that doesn’t belong according to various characteristics.
Learning Outcome and Grade Level:
Target grade level is grades 3-5. Students will demonstrate their ability to describe differences in shapes based on mathematical concepts.
For this graphic, I used Word, as I could quickly make the graphic with minimal effort. I found trying this with Gimp and Inkscape to be needlessly complicated. I inserted a table, added a background colour and increased the borders to 6 pt. I then inserted shapes with differing characteristics. I designed the shapes so that I could argue why each one was the only one that did not belong to the set. When the graphic was complete, I used the Snipping Tool on my PC to save only the graphic.
Clark and Lyons (2010) describe interpretive graphics as those that are used to understand abstract processes. Students will have to explain their understanding of these abstract concepts using the graphic. There are no extraneous or decorative graphics added.
References:
Clark, R. C. & Lyons, C. (2010). Three views of instructional visuals. In R. Taff (Ed.), Graphics for learning: Proven guidelines for planning, designing and evaluating visuals in training materials (2nd ed., pp. 15–28). Pfeiffer. http://site.ebrary.com.ezproxy.tru.ca/lib/trulibrary/reader.action?docID=10469757&ppg=37
(2013). Wodb.ca. https://wodb.ca/
