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Peer reviewedVasu, Ellen Storey; Howe, Ann C. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1989
Investigates the additive memory effect of two modes of presenting information to elementary children on the retention of both images and words. Children represented more information in pictorial than in verbal form. The visual-verbal treatment group scored higher on most of both verbal and pictorial responses than the visual treatment group.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Imagery, Learning Strategies, Retention (Psychology)
Dwyer, Francis M.; De Melo, Hermes – Journal of Visual/Verbal Languaging, 1984
This investigation evaluated performance of university students on visual and nonvisual versions of an achievement test. Two experimental designs assessed the effects and interactions between visual and nonvisual instructional modes, order of drawing test (before or after verbal/visual achievement test), and mode of drawing test (verbal cued or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Evaluation Methods, Graphs, Higher Education
Download full textKinnear, Judith; Martin, Marjory – 1989
One aim of this study was to identify, in a group of unsuccessful college level problem solvers, the status and use of their declarative knowledge as revealed by students' attempts to solve novel problems in a pencil-and-paper setting. It was hypothesized that for some unsuccessful problem solvers, their problem representation could be improved by…
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education
