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Houk, Annelle S.; Bogart, Carlotta – Elementary English, 1974
Suggests that the teacher who wants to lead children toward visual literacy and eventually to reading and writing skill must help children explore what they themselves perceive and how and why they perceive it. (TO)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Arts, Perceptual Development, Reading Skills

Clayback, Jean; And Others – Language Arts, 1980
Applies components of visual literacy to language acquisition and the development of language skills. Lists visual language competencies, with examples and suggested learning activities. (RL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English Instruction, Language Skills, Middle Schools

Stewig, John Warren – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1990
Describes a study that examined whether children respond differently when they speak and write about pictures as a result of participating in a visual literacy program. Fifth graders participating in such a program were asked to examine two books and choose one as a Caldecott winner, giving reasons for their choices. (nine references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Sava, Inkeri – 1981
Although there is unanimity among educators that art and art education exert a positive influence on children, diverse philosophical, social, and psychological views and values have inhibited the formation of teaching goals and strategies that acknowledge the emotional and cognitive significance of visual art. The general aims of art education…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Affective Objectives, Art Education, Cerebral Dominance
Milford Exempted Village Schools, OH. – 1972
This study discusses a visual communications project designed to develop activities to promote visual literacy at the elementary and secondary school levels. The project has four phases: (1) perception of basic forms in the environment, what these forms represent, and how they inter-relate; (2) discovery and communication of more complex…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Communication Skills, Educational Media, Elementary Education
McIsaac, Marina Stock – 1981
Recognizing that photography in the classroom is highly motivating in that it offers a unique vehicle for communicating ideas visually, this study was designed to isolate variables which can be both observed and evaluated in photographs and for which instruction can be designed. Relationships among the technical and aesthetic qualities in…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Analysis of Variance, Elementary Education, Factor Analysis

DePorter, Deborah A.; Kavanaugh, Robert D. – Studies in Art Education, 1978
Forty students, grades 4 and 8, were given match-to-sample tests on Western art, to gauge their ability to recognize paintings by the same artist. Eighth-graders performed reliably better than fourth-graders, and their matching justifications were more advanced. Prior artistic experiences improved style sensitivity. (SJL)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Art Appreciation, Developmental Stages, Discrimination Learning
Gardner, Howard E. – 1971
Harvard Project Zero provides a series of technical research reports which study artistic creation and comprehension as a means toward better art education. The emphasis of the research is to improve art education through a better psychological understanding of symbol systems and media of art and through better understanding of the perceptual,…
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Expression, Behavioral Science Research

Park, Eundeok; Bin, I. – Visual Arts Research, 1995
Analyzes the research strategies, stimuli, subjects, statistical strategies, and relative variables in 34 empirical studies on children's representation of three-dimensional objects. The studies fell into three categories: children's representation of spatial relationships within an object, between two objects, and studies that included both. (MJP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression