ENHANCING STUDENTS’ DATA LITERACY, ANALYTICAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS USING INFOGRAPHICS IN BIOLOGY CLASSROOM

Abstract

Infographics is one of the new educational tools used to provide information to its readers through various visual media such as texts, images, pictures, charts, graphs, etc. The use of infographics is becoming more widespread in both advertising, business and educational environments. This study shows how the use of infographics for educational purposes, improve analytical, interpersonal skills and data collection among students of different ages. The participants in the study were 11th grade students with advanced biology to prepare for the UNT and 8th grade students from a school with a physics and mathematics background and therefore few biology hours. The study was attended by 74 people, who were further divided into control and experimental groups based on the quasi-experimental method. According to the results of the study, the participants found infographics instructive and preferred to use them in core learning processes. In addition, infographics increase interest and motivation in the lesson process, which helps students to memorize key terms on certain topics better. Thus, this study reveals that infographics have increased analytical abilities, interpersonal and data collection skills.