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Peer reviewedSinger, Harry – Reading Research Quarterly, 1980
Critiques an experiment by M. Arlin, M. Scott, and J. Webster (see EJ 206 153) in which their pictures as an aid to learning hypothesis contrasts with the focal attention hypothesis supported by research by H. Singer, S. J. Samuels, and J. Spiroff (see EJ 105 648). (MKM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Pictorial Stimuli, Reading Instruction
Gambrell, Linda; Bates, Ruby – Australian Journal of Reading, 1987
Presents an overview of research on using mental imagery to assist reading and listening comprehension, and provides practical suggestions for teaching students to use visual imagery to enhance comprehension. (SKC)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Imagery, Listening Comprehension, Listening Skills
Koehler, Linda J. S.; Lloyd, Lyle L. – 1986
Research indicates that using the manual alphabet in classes of non-deaf students is effective both for spelling and vocabulary instruction. Teachers appreciate the way signing physically involves the students, acts as a self-cueing system, is inexpensive, and helps with writing problems like "b" and "d" reversals. Other advantages are: (1) it is…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Elementary Education, Finger Spelling, Manual Communication
McLendon, Gloria H. – 1983
Research data in neurosurgery, neuropsychology, and neurolinguistics indicate that the human brain is lateralized toward one of two methods of information processing, and that, in most humans, the language bias appears to be a left hemisphere function, while the visiospatial bias belongs to the right. Furthermore, the left hemisphere seems to…
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Processes, Holistic Approach, Lateral Dominance
Peer reviewedHelfeldt, John P. – Reading World, 1983
Presents evidence to support the premise that boys reflect a predilection to process information visually, while girls reflect a preference to process information auditorally. Cautions against relying on isolated components such as hemispheric dominance or laterality during the identification and correction of reading problems. (FL)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Influences
Brown, Neil L.; Montoya, Alicia L. – 1990
A review of literature on the use of wordless picture books to develop language skills is presented as background for the relatively brief description of a project in which wordless picture books were used with Latino children. The project is a collaborative one between Bloomsburg University, Kutztown University, and Thomas Ford Elementary School…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Smith, Frank – 1986
The purpose of the third edition of this book is to explore what must be involved in reading by addressing such topics as language, information theory, learning theory, the development of spoken language ability, and the physiology of the eye and brain. It is designed to serve as a handbook for language arts teachers, a text on the psychology of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Decoding (Reading), Language Acquisition, Language Processing
