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Hayes, David A.; Henk, William – 1984
This study investigated the use readers make of visual and verbal illustration to understand and remember what they have read. Specific focus was placed on readers' use of pictures and analogies to understand and remember written directions for a spatial manipulation task. The independent variables measured were type of text, mode of illustration,…
Descriptors: Analogy, Comparative Analysis, High Schools, Illustrations
Beattie, R. G.; Markides, A. – ACEHI Journal, 1992
This study found significantly better lipreading scores by 31 children with hearing impairments than by 15 children with normal hearing (all 10 and 11 years old). However, correlations between degree of hearing loss and lipreading ability were nonsignificant. The study provides partial support for the doctrine of sensory compensation. (DB)
Descriptors: Children, Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension
Greene, Elinor C.; And Others – 1987
This research compared the effects of a televised presentation and a picture book on children's recall of specific verbal and visual content using 48 third-grade students in Florida as subjects. The children were first stratified by sex and then randomly assigned to view the same story in either a picture book with audiotape or a televised…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Aural Learning, Comparative Analysis, Educational Television
Rodriguez, Stephen R.; And Others – 1987
This study examined whether the sources of information children use to substantiate story-based inferences are influenced by the medium of delivery. The 48 third grade students who acted as subjects were stratified by sex and randomly assigned to one of two media conditions; i.e., each child was presented an African folktale either (1) as a…
Descriptors: Audiotape Cassettes, Aural Learning, Comparative Analysis, Educational Television
Anglin, Gary J.; Stevens, J. Truman – 1987
There is substantial evidence that prose-relevant pictures contribute to increased recall of prose materials, particularly if the subjects are young children. The purpose of this study was to investigate the contribution of prose-relevant pictures to immediate and delayed recall of written prose including science content when the subjects were…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Illustrations, Instructional Design
Hurt, Jeffry A. – Educational Communication and Technology Journal, 1987
Describes study of undergraduates conducted to test the effectiveness of illustrations in texts, based on two hypotheses concerned with the differences between analogical and literal illustrations in serving two specific instructional functions and ways in which male and female students utilize illustrations. Results are analyzed, and…
Descriptors: Analogy, Analysis of Variance, Cartoons, Comparative Analysis