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Mayer, Richard E. – Cambridge University Press, 2009
For hundreds of years verbal messages such as lectures and printed lessons have been the primary means of explaining ideas to learners. Although verbal learning offers a powerful tool, this book explores ways of going beyond the purely verbal. Recent advances in graphics technology and information technology have prompted new efforts to understand…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Verbal Learning, Multimedia Instruction, Epistemology
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Rezabek, Landra L.; Ragan, Tillman J. – Reading Psychology, 1988
Explains how computers can offer learners powerful assistance in their acquisition of certain visual thinking skills. Describes the limitations and potential of using computers as tools for visual thinking with links to creative writing activities in a fourth-grade class. (MM)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Uses in Education, Creative Writing, Elementary Education