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New Media, Evolving Multimodal Literacy Practices and the Potential Impact of Increased Use of the Visual Mode in the Urban Environment on Young Children's Learning
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Yamada-Rice, Dylan – Literacy, 2011
This article looks at the way in which the changing visual environment affects education at two levels: in communication patterns and research methodologies. The research considers differences in the variance and quantity of types of visual media and their relationship to the written mode in the urban landscapes of Tokyo and London, using…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Research Methodology, Visual Aids, Young Children
The Effect of Color on Performance in an Instructional Gaming Environment.
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Livingston, Lori A. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1991
This study was designed to determine whether differences in performance on a popular instructional gaming package would be observed under differing conditions of color presentation. It was hypothesized that performance would be enhanced under a monochromatic and/or moderately colored condition, and least successful under a multicolored condition.…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Color, Computer Games, Computer Software
Differential Effectiveness of Three Color Treatments in Learning Geometric Concepts via Computer-Guided Teaching.
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Hativa, Nira; Teper, Avigdor – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1988
Discussion of the use of color in microcomputer-based educational software focuses on a study of Israeli ninth graders that examined the differential effects of three color treatments on the learning of geometric concepts by students with differential aptitudes. Hypotheses tested are described and results are analyzed. (28 references) (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Analysis of Variance, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Color