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Peer reviewedGrambo, Gregory – Gifted Child Today Magazine, 1997
Provides some brief suggestions for teaching students about color, including an activity for use during outdoor field trips or in local parks. Questions for provoking student explorations of color mixing and the functions of color in nature are provided, which use the scientific method as a model for structuring student observations. (PB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Color, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education
Petri, Ann E. – 1989
The "Sound of the Day" is a color stimulation method of teaching reading in English, Chinese (both the characters and the orthographical pin-yin), and other languages. The method involves reviewing previously learned sounds, introducing a new sound each day, learning four new words which begin with the same sound, and then drawing and coloring…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Color, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Steinberg, Esther R. – 1991
Color monitors are in wide use in computer systems. Thus, it is important to understand how to apply color effectively in computer assisted instruction (CAI) and computer based training (CBT). Color can enhance learning, but it does not automatically do so. Indiscriminate application of color can mislead a student and thereby even interfere with…
Descriptors: Color, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Design Requirements
Hurt, Jeffry A. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1991
Identifies four common variables in picture preferences of elementary school-aged children: (1) relationship between text and picture; (2) degree of realism; (3) use of color; and (4) amount of complexity. Selection of picture books based on these preferences is discussed, and criteria to help develop standards for selection are suggested. (12…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Color, Elementary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Louton, Zoe E.; Louton, Robert E. – 1992
This paper explains the development of an integrated foreign language curriculum for elementary school classrooms and provides sample lesson plans using the story "Color, Where Are You?" In order to increase the consistency as well as the scope of the curriculum, the classroom teacher and the foreign language specialist should integrate the…
Descriptors: Color, Curriculum Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education
Robertson, Michelle M. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1992
Discusses ergonomic design considerations for library media centers. Specific design variables, including temperature and humidity, noise, illumination, color, and windows are discussed; and computer workstation design requirements are presented that address furniture and keyboard design, monitor and display features, software issues, and…
Descriptors: Color, Design Requirements, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Design
