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Hollingsworth, Caroline – Teaching PreK-8, 1995
Capitalizes on students' interest in driving by using road signs, which are classified by shape as well as by color, to teach about geometric shapes. (HTH)
Descriptors: Classification, Geometric Concepts, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedSpillman, Carolyn V.; And Others – Contemporary Education, 1983
Children must learn to discriminate among the visual stimuli they experience and to recognize the existence of a visual language. Learning activities to help young children develop a sense of visual literacy are suggested. (PP)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Nonverbal Communication, Skill Development
Peer reviewedDarkatsh, Manuel – Reading Improvement, 1982
Annotates 16 children's books that have as their main thrust the development of children's visual awareness through puzzles, pictures, and games. (FL)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedWheatley, Grayson H., Ed. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1991
Because the absence of spatial activities in contemporary textbooks seemingly relegates visual imagery to a nonessential status, this discussion highlights the indispensable role of visual imagery within applied school mathematics learning activities. Included are examples of when imagery is used within students' daily applications and suggestions…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education
Van Nuys, Ute Elisabeth – A+, 1986
Presents reviews of the following mathematics software designed to teach young children counting, number recognition, visual discrimination, matching, addition, and subtraction skills; Stickybear Numbers, Learning with Leeper, Getting Ready to Read and Add, Counting Parade, Early Games for Young Children, Charlie Brown's 1,2,3's, Let's Go Fishing,…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Childhood Interests, Computer Software, Costs
Peer reviewedRogow, Sally M. – RE:view, 1992
The development of visual perception skills in children with partial vision as well as developmental disabilities is considered. A model of visual learning is offered which incorporates the role of visual experience, movement, and visual learning. Specific teaching suggestions for developing visual attention and visual search skills are offered.…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Learning Activities, Models, Multiple Disabilities
Peer reviewedCavalier, Robert; Wesp, Richard – Teaching of Psychology, 1997
Maintains that having students estimate the size and width of a class waste paper can (placed on a desk) is a simple and effective way of illustrating perceptual distortion. Tests show that people will consistently overestimate the height of the can, allowing for a useful discussion on sensory distortion. (MJP)
Descriptors: Demonstrations (Educational), Educational Experiments, Error Patterns, Higher Education
