Program
The Center for Learning and Teaching Newsletter Teaching News
Author's Department
Rhetoric and Composition Department
Document Type
News Article
Publication Title
New Chalk Talk
Publication Date
12-6-2011
Abstract
Recent research shows that visual arguments understood in less than thirty seconds persuade more effectively than lengthy reports detailing evidence that refutes commonly accepted claims. What does this mean? We need to teach visual argument. This does not displace the need for research papers or encourage cut-and-paste graphics to substitute for critical thinking skills. Visual arguments can help question or undo assumptions, strip claims down to evidence and change the way we deal with the tendency to affirm existing views in the research process.
Recommended Citation
APA Citation
Coletu, E. E.
(2011). Visual Thinking in the Classroom (2) “Read for a Minute, Discuss for an Hour”. New Chalk Talk, 11(6),
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_journal_articles/4952
MLA Citation
Coletu, Ebony E.A.
"Visual Thinking in the Classroom (2) “Read for a Minute, Discuss for an Hour”." New Chalk Talk, vol. 11,no. 6, 2011,
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_journal_articles/4952