Graphicacy is the ability to understand and present information through sketches, photographs, diagrams, maps, plans, charts, graphs, and other non-textual visual formats. It is treated as a distinct communication skill alongside literacy and numeracy, covering both the competence to interpret visual information produced by others and the competence to create clear visual information of one's own. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Core ClaimGraphicacy is the ability to understand and present information in sketches, photographs, diagrams, maps, plans, charts, graphs and other non-textual formats. 1 Sources
1. Graphicacy (Wikipedia)
Origin
coined in 1965 by geographers William Balchin and Alice Coleman
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the ability to understand and present information in the form of sketches, photographs, diagrams, maps, plans, charts, graphs and other non-textual formats
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