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Evaluating the Picture Facilitation Effect in Children's Recall of Written Texts.
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Rusted, Jennifer; Hodgson, Sandra – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985
In a study of elementary children required to read factual or fictitious passages with or without relevant pictures, recall performance revealed a pictorial facilitation effect which differed according to passage type. Pictures with story passages enhanced recall of illustrated text while pictures with factual passages enhanced illustrated and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Fiction, Foreign Countries
Delayed Retention of Orally Presented Text with Pictorial Support.
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Peeck, J.; Jans, M. W. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1987
Reviews study conducted at the University of Utrecht (Holland) that compared retention of information provided by three different methods: (1) audiotape and slides, (2) tape alone, and (3) slides alone. Posttests are described, and results are analyzed and discussed in terms of the understanding of memory of an illustrated text. (20 references)…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries
Open Education and Reading Comprehension of High-Ability and Low-Ability Elementary School Pupils.
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Eshel, Yohanan; And Others – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1987
Describes study of 435 Israeli elementary school students to assess effects of open education on reading comprehension assignments. Literature on open education is reviewed, the hypotheses tested are described, results are analyzed comparing the effects of open education with the effects of traditional classroom instruction, and 46 references are…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction