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Peer reviewedRezabek, Landra L.; Ragan, Tillman J. – Reading Psychology, 1988
Explains how computers can offer learners powerful assistance in their acquisition of certain visual thinking skills. Describes the limitations and potential of using computers as tools for visual thinking with links to creative writing activities in a fourth-grade class. (MM)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Uses in Education, Creative Writing, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedSuhor, Charles; Little, Deborah – Reading Psychology, 1988
Discusses links between visual literacy and print literacy in the following areas: graphic organizers; propaganda; video technologies; computer use; and children's drawing and writing. Describes a semiotic-theory model, depicting relationships among not only linguistic signs and visual signs, but other signs (musical, gestural, etc.) in…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Theories, Elementary Education, Graphic Organizers
Download full textJones, Marshall G. – 1995
Computer-based instruction (CBI) has undergone tremendous changes in the past decade. This paper focuses on the following three areas of designing information presentation: (1) screen design literature is dated, and the existing guidelines do not allow for advances in computer technology; (2) open-ended guidelines may offer designers sufficient…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Interfaces
Peer reviewedBornas, Xavier; And Others – Computers in the Schools, 1997
Illustrates how computers can assist teachers in preventing impulsivity and foster the cognitive and metacognitive development of students. Discusses theoretical aspects of impulsivity and learning difficulties; software for improving self-regulated learning, in particular the VISPRO (Visualizing Processes) project; and teacher education needs,…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
