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Do Fourth Graders Integrate Text and Picture in Processing and Learning from an Illustrated Science Text? Evidence from Eye-Movement Patterns
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Mason, Lucia; Tornatora, Maria Caterina; Pluchino, Patrik – Computers & Education, 2013
This study used eye-tracking methodology in the school setting to examine fourth graders' online processing of text and graphics while reading an illustrated science text. We were interested in identifying patterns of visual behavior, which was examined considering individual differences in reading comprehension, prior knowledge, and spatial…
Descriptors: Multimedia Materials, Pretests Posttests, Correlation, Web Based Instruction
Learning and the Visual Process.
Ritty, J. Michael; And Others – Journal of Clinical Reading: Research and Programs, 1984
Discusses the following visual needs of learning: acuity, accommodation, neuromuscular coordination, visual motor integration, and other related factors. Urges professionals of all areas to pool their resources so that teachers can become more knowledgeable of certain information regarding the visual process that affects a student's learning…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Reading Processes, Vision, Visual Acuity
A Research Trilogy: American and Mexican Vision Studies.
Hinds, Lillian R. – Journal of Clinical Reading: Research and Programs, 1983
Describes three studies relating to visual functioning. Finds that reading retardation is the result of a clustering of factors, of multiple causation. Discusses the need to determine whether or not a student has the necessary lateral and other functional vision skills to maintain sufficient body energy for the demands of the reading task. (MG)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes, Reading Ability, Reading Processes
Rethinking Directions in Reading Diagnosis, Part III.
Hinds, Lillian R. – Journal of Clinical Reading: Research and Programs, 1986
Discusses how the visual system operates as an avenue for learning through the intermeshing of its three systems: sensory, motor, and central processing. States that the evaluation of all three systems is vital to the diagnosis of and prescription for poor readers. (MG)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Learning Processes, Reading Achievement, Reading Diagnosis
The Effects of the Strength and Number of Visual Mediators in the Learning Process. Final Report.
Bolz, Charles R.; Ackerman, Jerrold – 1975
The role of visual imagery in the learning of letter-sound combinations was investigated using such mediating images as two scoops of ice cream for the letter "m." In a preliminary study, high-, medium-, and low-strength mediating images were determined for each letter-sound combination. The 216 kindergarten subjects in the main study were…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Kindergarten Children, Learning Processes, Letters (Alphabet)
The Strength and Number of Visual Mediators in Learning Letter-Sound Associations in Reading: A Film Study.
Ackerman, Jerrold – 1975
The role of visual imagery in the learning of letter-sound combinations was investigated using such mediating images as two scoops of ice cream for the letter "m." In a preliminary study, high-, medium-, and low-strength mediating images were determined for each letter-sound combination. The 216 kindergarten subjects in the main study were…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Kindergarten Children, Learning Processes, Letters (Alphabet)
Sex Differences in Visual Encoding Skills: Learning to Read.
Whyte, Jean; Harland, Rosemary – 1981
A study investigated the proposition that males have a predominant tendency to encode visually when reading, whereas females tend to encode phonologically. Arabic symbols were used to teach a group of 24 college students to "read." Subjects were assigned randomly to one of two conditions: learning the symbols as "letters" one by one with the aid…
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Higher Education, Learning Modalities
Block Play: Building a Foundation for Literacy.
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Stroud, Judith E. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1995
Reviews studies suggesting benefits of block play for literacy development that provides actual reading and writing experiences. Suggests that block play centers can be literacy-enhanced with materials that are authentic, useful, and appropriate, including: thematic books, magazines, architectural blueprints, envelopes, and adding machine tape.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition, Learning Centers (Classroom)