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Issing, Ludwig J. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1990
Reports results of two studies using physics materials to determine the parameters of pictorial analogies in combination with expository text. Shows that pictorial analogies can improve learning significantly if they are designed properly and used together with the text. Concludes that the analogies should have high structural similarity between…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Physics, Science Education, Secondary Education
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Presmeg, Norma C. – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1986
Identifying the strengths of visual processing in high school mathematics is considered. The development of an instrument to assess mathematical processing is described. Then the kinds of visual imagery found in children in England and Natal are presented, along with difficulties and benefits experienced by visualizers. (MNS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Mathematics Instruction, Research Tools
Fogel, Nancy S. – 1990
A computer-based method of communicating syntactic knowledge to deaf students was designed, building on the visual orientation of deaf students and employing such American Sign Language techniques as visualization and directionality. The computer-based instructional treatments were presented as an educational game called the "Yes-No Game," with…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Deafness, Educational Games
Childers, Pamela B.; Hobson, Eric H.; Mullin, Joan A. – 1998
Intended as a guide for teachers, this book discusses ways to exploit the intersections between the visual and the verbal to teach writing. Chapter 1, "Seeing Writing in a Visual World" (Eric H. Hobson), establishes the book's major premises. Chapter 2, "Postcards: Inside/Out" (Joseph F. Trimmer), describes engaging students in a whole course of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Secondary Education
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Bennett, Albert B., Jr. – Mathematics Teacher, 1988
Presents examples of visual representations helpful in understanding number relationships and the algebraic statements of these relationships. Suggests that these representations can be used by teachers to aid students in discovering number relationships and in acquiring meaning for given mathematical statements. (PK)
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education
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Bliss, Traci – Social Studies, 1990
Traces the changes in the visuals used in U.S. history textbooks since the 1900s, concentrating on contemporary texts. Provides questions educators can use in assessing the educational value of textbook visuals. Critiques current textbook visuals, and suggests ways that they enhance understanding of educational information. (RW)
Descriptors: History Textbooks, Instructional Materials, Secondary Education, Social Studies
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Morelli, Lynn – Mathematics Teacher, 1992
Presents activities to visually explore the algebraic concepts of variable, constant, the distributive property, and combining like terms. Presents four transparencies that use visual models to understand exercises in students perform the same mental calculations on a number of their choice and obtain the same result. (MDH)
Descriptors: Algebra, Concept Formation, Learning Activities, Mathematical Concepts
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Herold, James M. – Science Scope, 1992
Describes activities integrating science and art education in which students examine slides of impressionist paintings or photographs of meteorological phenomena to determine the weather conditions depicted and to make and defend weather predictions. Includes a reproducible worksheet. (MDH)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art Education, Impressionism, Integrated Activities
Claggett, Fran; Brown, Joan – 1992
Based on the premise that the primary ways individuals make sense of the world is through observation, analysis, imagination, and feeling, this work suggests that through the use of graphics, students can experience these functions as they interact with reading and writing activities. Graphics encourage students to read more closely, make visual…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Childrens Literature, Diagrams, Graphs
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Cardinale, Gary W. – Social Studies Review, 1990
Argues that, to maximize a child's educational experience in history/social science, it is imperative that teachers utilize a whole-brain teaching approach by using a variety of experiences that stimulate both sides of the brain. Discusses the three general modes in which students appear to learn: oral, visual, and kinesthetic. Suggests specific…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, History Instruction
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Zielinski, Edward J.; Sarachine, D. Michael – Science Teacher, 1990
Presented are six activities that help to promote critical and creative student thinking. Activities include discrepant events and questioning, divergent thinking, dilemma discussions, and drawing objects from symbols. Activities can be adapted to any science discipline. (KR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Critical Thinking, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Sayers, Dennis – 1980
This monograph explicates the techniques for bilingual skills training of adults and out-of-school youth that were developed in the bilingual vocational training program at Bullard-Havens Regional Vocational-Technical School in Connecticut. The first chapter deals with the problem-posing and questioning technique known as…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Audiotape Cassettes, Bilingual Education, Classroom Techniques
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1983
This curriculum guide, one of 15 volumes written for field test use with educationally disadvantaged industrial education students needing additional instruction in the basic skill areas, deals with helping students develop basic verbal and visual communication skills while studying electronics. Addressed in the individual units of the guide are…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Check Lists, Communication Skills
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1983
This curriculum guide, one of 15 volumes written for field test use with educationally disadvantaged industrial education students needing additional instruction in the basic skill areas, deals with helping students develop basic verbal and visual communication skills while studying auto repair. Addressed in the individual units of the guide are…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Check Lists
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1983
This curriculum guide, one of 15 volumes written for field test use with educationally disadvantaged industrial education students needing additional instruction in the basic skill areas, deals with helping students develop basic verbal and visual communication skills while studying woodworking. Addressed in the individual units of the guide are…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavior, Check Lists, Communication Skills
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