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Peer reviewedConner, David B. – Teaching of Psychology, 1996
Describes a college psychology course activity designed to help students define the parameters of cognitive psychology. Students selected a feature film and a journal article that represented some aspect of cognitive psychology. They then wrote a paper discussing the theoretical and empirical connections between the sources and the topic. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Content Analysis, Cooperative Learning, Film Study
Peer reviewedChikhachev, V. P. – Russian Education and Society, 1996
Praises, defends, and attempts to explain the unique characteristics of the lecture teaching method as practiced by Soviet educators. Firmly committed to the lecture method, Soviet educators refined this technique to the level of dazzling verbal performances complete with syllogisms, elaborately constructed arguments, and a touch of theater. (MJP)
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Educational History, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
Peer reviewedRittschof, Kent A.; And Others – Journal of Geography, 1996
Maintains that region familiarity is an important prerequisite in the instructional use of cartograms. Cartograms are value-by-area maps that increase or decrease areas in order to illustrate various data (e.g. book reading in the western United States). Discusses necessary cognitive processes for the visualization of data. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cartography, Cognitive Structures, Cues, Encoding (Psychology)
Peer reviewedAlderman, Derek H.; Good, Daniel B. – Journal of Geography, 1996
Reviews two software programs, "PhoneDisc Business95" and "BusinessMAP LTF," that offer user-friendly, low-cost, and quick methods of identifying and mapping patterns of the names of U.S. businesses. This software can be used to help students understand how populations see and define themselves regionally and visualize the demographic spread of…
Descriptors: Built Environment, Business, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation
Peer reviewedDahmann, Donald C. – Journal of Geography, 1996
Reintroduces and updates the geographic profile as a visualization technique for representing and analyzing the structure of geographical information. A computer software-generated profile focuses on specific information (persons per square mile in selected cities) and represents that information spatially on a graph. (MJP)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Interpretation
Peer reviewedStewart, Robyn – Australian Art Education, 1996
Defines a narratological approach to art education research as one that integrates autobiographical writings, interviews, and other voices into the construction of Neonarratives (literally "new stories"). Includes guidelines for conducting this research and a thematic approach to analyzing narrative data. Provides graphs and diagrams of…
Descriptors: Art Education, Biographies, Content Analysis, Discourse Analysis
