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Knowlton, Marie – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1986
The article examines evidence of visual impairment caused by excessive amounts of ultraviolet (UV) light. Among considerations when using a source of UV light for vision stimulation are the position of the child and teacher, use of window glass filters or protective glasses, and careful recordkeeping of all UV stimulation. (Author/JW)[
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Elementary Education, Eye Fixations, Light
Peer reviewedHortin, John A.; Baily, Gerald D. – Reading Improvement, 1983
Discusses the value of making students visually literate. Stresses the technique of visual rehearsal and offers suggestions for incorporating visual rehearsal activities into the classroom. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Visual Learning
Peer reviewedSolan, Harold A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1990
The article reviews three studies (EC 600 064-066) evaluating the effectiveness of using Irlen tinted lenses or overlays with reading-disabled persons. It is concluded that carefully designed and controlled studies do not currently lend support to the Irlen hypothesis. (DB)
Descriptors: Color, Elementary Secondary Education, Eyes, Intervention
Download full textAcademy for Educational Development, Washington, DC. National Adult Literacy and Learning Disabilities Center. – 1995
This guide is intended to help the literacy practitioner in the identification of adults with learning disabilities. These adults have worked diligently for a year or more to improve comprehension skills, writing and spelling, or work skills, yet, have made little progress. The role of screening as only the first step in a process involving a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adults, Auditory Perception
Nutter, Susann C. – 1983
Research on hemispheric mode functioning indicates that some connections exist between learning disabilities (LD) and right-mode dominance, which suggests that instruction should be offered to develop right hemispheric (spatial perception) abilities in LD persons. The influence on student drawing of the right-left hemispheric shift during reading…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Elementary Secondary Education, Freehand Drawing
Peer reviewedThompson, S. V. – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1990
Suggests that individual differences in visual imagery and failure to realize their existence may have affected theories of thought throughout history. Offers possible explanations for the failure to validate thinking style differences in educationally significant ways. Argues that increased understanding of mental imagery can improve teaching.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Creative Thinking
Smith, Elizabeth A. – 1986
In the 1920s and 1930s, interpretations of reading readiness held that learning to read occurred at a specific point in cognitive development. Postponement of reading instruction until a child reached this stage of maturity was widely accepted at that time, and throughout the 1940s and 1950s. The 1960s marked a transition period in terms of…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Beginning Reading, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages
