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Russell-Gebbett, Jean – Journal of Biological Education, 1985
Investigated secondary-level students' (N=66) understanding of three-dimensional structures in biology. Results suggest that student performance is highly correlated with age, scientific ability, and sex. Suggestions for instructional improvement in spatial relationships are offered. (ML)
Descriptors: Biology, Cognitive Development, Perceptual Development, Science Education
Lynch, Beth Eloise – 1986
This study was conducted to determine whether the filmic coding elements of split screen, slow motion, generated line cues, the zoom of a camera, and rotation could aid in the development of the Euclidean space concepts of horizontality and verticality, and to explore presence and development of spatial skills involving these two concepts in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Hypothesis Testing

Sprafkin, Joyce; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1988
Twenty-one emotionally disturbed elementary grade children completed a television viewing skills curriculum. Results of the intervention found that the subjects made significantly more accurate reality-fantasy discriminations concerning television program content than a control group; however, the curriculum was not effective in increasing…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Critical Thinking, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances