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Anderson, Tom – Art Education, 1981
The author urges art educators to contribute to holistic education by emphasizing the unique and alternative modes of thinking and acting which are intrinsic to visual arts. He presents two exercises to help students develop a perceptual rather than conceptual or linguistic mode. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Art Education, Cognitive Processes, Learning Activities, Nonverbal Learning
Pailliotet, Ann Watts – 1997
Connecting visual and print literacies in the classroom can bridge distances in students' experiences, because all literacies are complementary and interdependent. This article discusses this rationale for connecting students' communication experiences in and out of classrooms to foster relevant literacies needed in contemporary society. Next it…
Descriptors: Advertising, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Critical Thinking
Cramton, Elizabeth; Kissick, Beverlee R. – 1997
Preparing students to be both constructors and consumers of visual information will be an important responsibility for all teachers. This will mean giving learners the tools to go beyond what is merely visual to the deeper, human meanings that lie beneath. One important way that educators can prepare students to be wise visual consumers is to help…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
Hawkins, Robert P.; And Others – 1983
One hundred seventy-one middle school students participated in a study to assess cognitive activity during television viewing. Students completed a questionnaire about their favorite programs, viewing habits, and social reality beliefs, then viewed a 17-minute professionally edited episode of a family drama and answered a multiple choice…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attention, Cognitive Development
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers