Introduction to the Integration of Verbal and Visual Information in Science Texts

Abstract

This special issue of Science and Literacy explores specific challenges endemic to reading informational science texts. The researchers included in this special issue consider science text in a holistic manner, which encompasses both the graphics and words of science texts. Specifically, this issue considers (a) graphics' use within the overall communication of science; (b) the use of concrete examples and seductive details within the text of science writing; and (c) the integration of graphical information and the corresponding textual information.