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Lignugaris/Kraft, Benjamin; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1988
The article defines the component skills required to learn effectively from pictures, and reviews research on the development of those skills with developmentally disabled individuals. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Education, Learning Processes, Meta Analysis
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Arra, Christopher T.; Aaron, P. G. – Psychology in the Schools, 2001
Two studies compare phonology-based instructional strategies designed for improving spelling skills of elementary school children against instruction strategies that rely only on visual exposure of words. In both studies, posttests showed that children taught through psycholinguistic and phoneme awareness methods significantly outperformed the…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Phonemes, Phonology
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Singer, Harry – Reading Research Quarterly, 1980
Critiques an experiment by M. Arlin, M. Scott, and J. Webster (see EJ 206 153) in which their pictures as an aid to learning hypothesis contrasts with the focal attention hypothesis supported by research by H. Singer, S. J. Samuels, and J. Spiroff (see EJ 105 648). (MKM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Pictorial Stimuli, Reading Instruction
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Samuels, S. Jay – School Psychology Review, 1982
Reading comprehension is influenced by external factors and factors within the reader. A discussion of these factors and of the LaBerge reading model provides the context for methods of diagnosing and remediating reading problems. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Attention, Elementary Education, Models, Readability
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Johnson-Glenberg, Mina C. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2000
Examines whether teaching poor text comprehenders reading strategies will improve reading comprehension. Third through fifth grade adequate decoders who were poor comprehenders were trained for 10 weeks in either a verbally or visually based reciprocal teaching program. Results reveal that training reading comprehension strategies in small groups…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Learning Strategies
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Spillman, Carolyn V.; And Others – Contemporary Education, 1983
Children must learn to discriminate among the visual stimuli they experience and to recognize the existence of a visual language. Learning activities to help young children develop a sense of visual literacy are suggested. (PP)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Nonverbal Communication, Skill Development
Gambrell, Linda; Bates, Ruby – Australian Journal of Reading, 1987
Presents an overview of research on using mental imagery to assist reading and listening comprehension, and provides practical suggestions for teaching students to use visual imagery to enhance comprehension. (SKC)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Imagery, Listening Comprehension, Listening Skills
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Ajayi-Dopemu, Yinka – Journal of Educational Television, 1982
Discusses the differences of perception and interpretation of visual aids between African and Western students and considers the implications for designers and producers of learning materials for African students. (Author/JJD)
Descriptors: African Culture, Communication Problems, Cultural Traits, Developing Nations
Beck, Charles R. – Educational Technology, 1991
Describes a series of studies of fourth graders that investigated the cueing effectiveness of seven variables for use with visual information. Contrasting cueing strategies that were tested are described, cueing effects on average and below average learners are discussed, and tentative guidelines for instructional designers are suggested. (35…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Comparative Analysis, Cues, Elementary Education
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Daiute, Colette; Morse, Frances – Journal of Special Education Technology, 1994
This paper reviews research indicating that children use images to improve comprehension and production of text; argues that images and sounds can effectively bring children's cultures into the classroom; and studies how eight elementary children used a multimedia composing environment, focusing on the nature of their preferred symbol systems and…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Elementary Education
Koehler, Linda J. S.; Lloyd, Lyle L. – 1986
Research indicates that using the manual alphabet in classes of non-deaf students is effective both for spelling and vocabulary instruction. Teachers appreciate the way signing physically involves the students, acts as a self-cueing system, is inexpensive, and helps with writing problems like "b" and "d" reversals. Other advantages are: (1) it is…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Elementary Education, Finger Spelling, Manual Communication
Ehri, Linnea C. – 1985
Focusing on research about children's acquisition of reading and spelling skills, this paper discusses the larger picture of reading acquisition, issues addressed by research, and results of this research. The paper cites numerous studies on the subject, including studies on whether environmental print experiences enable young children to process…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Early Reading, Elementary Education
Brown, Neil L.; Montoya, Alicia L. – 1990
A review of literature on the use of wordless picture books to develop language skills is presented as background for the relatively brief description of a project in which wordless picture books were used with Latino children. The project is a collaborative one between Bloomsburg University, Kutztown University, and Thomas Ford Elementary School…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)