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Hoffler, Tim N.; Prechtl, Helmut; Nerdel, Claudia – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
In a 2 x 2 design, we examined the role of visual cognitive style in two multimedia-based learning environments (text plus static pictures/animations). A statistically significant interaction was obtained for deeper comprehension: Highly developed visualizers (HDV) who learned with static pictures performed better than HDV who learned with…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Animation, Visual Learning
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Habraken, Clarisse L. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2004
Today's "out-of-school learning" is dominated by PC games, videos, and TV. These media provide children with optimal conditions for nurturing their visuospatial intelligence. In "chemistry" and biochemistry, over the past 125 years, thinking has shifted from the "logical-mathematical" to the "logical-visuospatial." In chemistry visuospatial…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Spatial Ability, Computers
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Whitin, Phyllis E. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1996
Describes a study of seventh graders learning to make and share meaning about literature through "sketch-to-stretch," an interpretive strategy involving the creation of symbols and pictures and other nonlinguistic signs to signify ideas generated through reading. Supports teaching that provides such shared opportunities for students. (TB)
Descriptors: Art, Cognitive Style, Instructional Effectiveness, Literary Criticism
Sitz, Robert – 1995
A simulated art history textbook reading assignment was designed to examine the effects of visual information on student learning and understanding. A sample of 234 students was taken from a population of freshman/sophomore English students in a large metropolitan community college district. In phase one of the study, students took the Group…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art History, Cognitive Style, Community Colleges
Golden, Anthony R. – 1987
A study examined the effect that the quality and clarity of the photographic image used in advertising have on the recall of photographic content. It was hypothesized that there will be no significant difference between response rates of high and low signal noise ratio (S/N) photographs, and also that there will be no significant difference…
Descriptors: Advertising, Cognitive Style, Content Analysis, Higher Education
O'Leary, Daniel – 1977
Studies investigating the functioning of persons who have cerebral lesions and evidence from the study of commisurotomized and normal subjects are reviewed. A study of recognition of pictorial stimuli by right-handed male children is also discussed. Studies about cerebral lesions and associated deficits have yielded information about the…
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style