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Peer reviewedShaffer, Leigh S. – Teaching of Psychology, 1982
Describes a demonstration for college-level cognitive psychology classes of Miller's "Magical Number Seven" concept of the limitation of sensory capacity for processing information. Students report on the number of pennies they observed in a box after viewing the coins for two seconds. Demonstration results consistently support Miller's…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Psychology
Peer reviewedHortin, John A.; Baily, Gerald D. – Reading Improvement, 1983
Discusses the value of making students visually literate. Stresses the technique of visual rehearsal and offers suggestions for incorporating visual rehearsal activities into the classroom. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Visual Learning
Peer reviewedAllinger, Glenn D. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1982
An awareness of negative effects of mind set is promoted, and ways to minimize harmful sets are suggested. Visual perception, Eistelung effect, and functional fixedness are discussed as categories of potentially negative mind sets, with several examples given of each. Fixation combinations are noted as well. (MP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Instruction
Peer reviewedLevin, Amy K. – English Journal, 1985
Discusses the importance of improving students' visual perception as a way of improving their literary perception. Describes visual perception exercises that can be used in the English classroom. (EL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Integrated Activities
Download full textBiomedical Interdisciplinary Curriculum Project, Berkeley, CA. – 1976
This collection contains lessons in 4 subjects related to learning: (1) visual perception; (2) learning; (3) cognitive growth; and (4) moral development. Activities dominate each lesson and students are expected to do some experimentation outside the classroom. Each of the 20 lessons presents: (1) a synopsis; (2) objectives; (3) necessary…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Health, Health Education, Learning
Peer reviewedHershkowitz, Rina; Markovits, Zvia – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Describes the Agam program, a 36-unit curriculum program to introduce students to basic visual concepts and that applies visual abilities and visual thinking to learning tasks. Describes two units at the third grade level, "Ratio and Proportion" and "Numerical Intuition," and makes observations of the students' learning. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Concept Formation
Bezruczko, Nikolaus – 1989
This assessment guide represents a method for evaluating visual arts achievement by third graders. The artwork presented can be used to determine whether students have met learning objectives and are ready to advance, and also as a diagnostic tool for school improvement. The guide is based on selected sample learning objectives from "State…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Diagnostic Tests
