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Peer reviewedIssing, Ludwig J. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1990
Reports results of two studies using physics materials to determine the parameters of pictorial analogies in combination with expository text. Shows that pictorial analogies can improve learning significantly if they are designed properly and used together with the text. Concludes that the analogies should have high structural similarity between…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Physics, Science Education, Secondary Education
DeMelo, Hermes T.; And Others – 1981
This study of 96 high school biology students investigates the effectiveness of visual instruction composed of simple line drawings and printed words as compared to printed-words-only instruction, visual tests, and the interaction between visual or non-visual mode of instruction and mode of testing. The subjects were randomly assigned to be given…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Decoding (Reading), Imagery, Instructional Materials
