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Evans, Dina – 1986
Preschool children can benefit by working with microcomputers. Thinking skills are enhanced by software games that focus on logic, memory, problem solving, and pattern recognition. Counting, sequencing, and matching games develop mathematics skills, and word games focusing on basic letter symbol and word recognition develop language skills.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Instructional Effectiveness
Harding, Robert; And Others – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1990
Describes two Computer Illustrated Texts (CITs) used to teach numerical methods. The integration of textbooks and microcomputers is discussed, three worksheets are included that contain exercises using the CITs, and results of a study of the effectiveness of using the CITs in a university course are presented. (three references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Foreign Countries
Black, Kelly J. – 1990
The use of computer graphics as visual aids to lecture-style university instruction is discussed briefly. It is contended that the following three factors inhibit the application of computers as visual aids: (1) the costs of providing sufficient numbers of monitors and large enough monitors to allow appropriate visual access by students are…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Educational Technology
Peer reviewedEmery, Deidre – Journal of Interactive Instruction Development, 1993
Discusses how to develop effective instructional graphics for multimedia instruction. Topics include graphic symbols; how graphic symbols are processed cognitively; how multimedia graphics affect learners; how graphics can be adapted to educational products for a variety of populations, including adults and children; and a checklist for creating…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Check Lists, Cognitive Processes, Computer Graphics
Peer reviewedLarson, Timothy R. – Journal of Interactive Instruction Development, 1995
Presents a case study of the design and production of "Interactive Calculus," an interactive multimedia textbook. Discusses reasons for using multimedia textbooks; what an interactive textbook is; content, organization, graphic design, authoring and composition; and work flow. (AEF)
Descriptors: Calculus, Case Studies, Computer Graphics, Computer Uses in Education
Download full textBeauchamp, Darrell G., Ed.; And Others – 1991
This volume contains 53 articles grouped under five headings: (1) Research (14 papers on such topics as cognitive style and cognitive strategies, visual literacy training, and the impact of diagrams, type styles, and computer graphics on learning); (2) Theory (nine papers on such topics as the development of visual literacy concepts, cognition and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Graphics, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMcFarland, Ronald D. – T.H.E. Journal, 1995
Ten ways to design an effective Human-Computer Interface are explained. Highlights include material delivery that relates to user knowledge; appropriate screen presentations; attention value versus learning and recall; the relationship of packaging and message; the effectiveness of visuals and text; the use of color to enhance communication; the…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Text
