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von Gillern, Sam; Stufft, Carolyn – Literacy, 2023
This study examines how 31 middle-school children conducted multimodal analyses of video games. Over four consecutive days, students played video games for 30 minutes and then wrote written reflections about the multimodal symbols within the game and how these symbols influenced their interpretation and decision-making processes during gameplay.…
Descriptors: Children, Middle School Students, Metacognition, Play
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Prist, Wayne F. – Catholic Library World, 1982
This essay focuses on the process of learning, discussing television viewing and written language in terms of discursive (words) and nondiscursive (art forms) symbolism. Libraries' use of these symbolic forms is also discussed. (EJS)
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Symbolic Learning, Television Viewing, Visual Learning
Bruner, Jerome S.; Olson, David R. – Interchange, 1977
The impact of language (especially written language) on the acquisition of knowledge and skills in children is discussed. (MJB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Factor Analysis
Chalfant, James C.; Scheffelin, Margaret A. – 1969
Research on central processing dysfunctions in children is reviewed in three major areas. The first, dysfunctions in the analysis of sensory information, includes auditory, visual, and haptic processing. The second, dysfunction in the synthesis of sensory information, covers multiple stimulus integration and short-term memory. The third area of…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Exceptional Child Research, Information Processing, Language Acquisition