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Marlin E. Blaine – Hispania, 2023
This article describes "Verse Chronograms" in the Cabrera Portrait (1750) of Sor Juana. The author explains the meaning of three hard-to-see sets of verses inscribed on the canvas, that are a kind of text known as a chronogram, a literary puzzle in which the numerical values of letters that correspond to Roman numerals are added up so…
Descriptors: Painting (Visual Arts), Portraiture, Puzzles, Alphabets
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Gough, John – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2017
When computers started having screens (or monitors), as well as printers, a new alphanumeric display was created using dots. A crucial variable in designing alphabet letters and digits, using dots, is the height of the display, measured in dots. This article addresses the same design questions tackled by designers of typefaces or fonts, and shows…
Descriptors: Design, Mathematics, Computer System Design, Computers
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Jacobson, Sarah C.; Blanchard, Mathieu; Connolly, Colm C.; Cannon, Mary; Garavan, Hugh – Brain and Cognition, 2011
The Trail-Making Test (TMT) is a widely used neuropsychological measure that assesses visuomotor abilities and cognitive flexibility. For the TMT-A condition participants are required to locate and connect numbers (i.e. 1-2-3...) while in the TMT-B condition participants perform the set-shifting task of locating and connecting numbers and letters…
Descriptors: Neuropsychology, Tests, Numbers, Alphabets
Center for Innovation in Assessment (NJ1), 2013
The First Grade Pre-Screening is designed to be used at the start of the first grade school year so that teachers can obtain information about their incoming students. This information is intended to give teachers insight about what math and reading skills a student may or may not have at the beginning of the year. The information can aid teachers…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Screening Tests, Alphabets
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Stuart, Geoffrey W.; Lambeth, Sandra E.; Day, Ross H.; Gould, Ian C.; Castles, Anne E. – Brain and Cognition, 2012
Visual attention has temporal limitations. In the attentional blink (AB) a stream of stimuli such as letters or digits are presented to a participant on a computer monitor at a rapid rate. Embedded in the stream are two targets that the participant must try to identify. Identification of the second target is severely impaired if it is presented…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Visual Impairments, Attention, Earth Science
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Surrena, Michelle – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2011
In order to inspire her students to work in mixed media, the author chose to highlight the art of Jasper Johns and Robert Indiana, both of whom used numbers and letters as a main focus in their art. In this article, the author describes a mixed-media printmaking project. (Contains 2 online resources.)
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Graphic Arts, Artists, Art Activities
Center for Innovation in Assessment (NJ1), 2007
The Pre-Kindergarten Inventory of Demonstrated Skills (Pre-KIDS) is designed to be used before the school year begins so that teachers and staff can obtain information about incoming kindergarten students. This information is intended to give teachers insight about what skills a student may or may not have before entering their classrooms. This…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Kindergarten, Young Children, Skills