It’s as easy as Figures 1, 2, and 3: How to encourage your students to interpret data and help them understand scientific papers with the Figure Facts template

Learning to interpret scholarly scientific literature is critical training for evidence-based decision makers. There are several published methods for giving students directed practice with reading research papers, but many of them are resource intensive to implement. We will present data demonstrating that a simple template, Figure Facts, can effectively direct students to practice interpreting graphs and can promote their comprehension of selected research papers.