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Moline, Steve – Stenhouse Publishers, 2011
Some educators may view diagrams, pictures, and charts as nice add-on tools for students who are visual thinkers. But Steve Moline sees visual literacy as fundamental to learning and to what it means to be human. In Moline's view, we are all bilingual. Our second language, which we do not speak but which we read and write every day, is visual.…
Descriptors: Visual Learning, Learning Modalities, Visual Literacy, Educational Strategies
Washington, Gene – Technical Writing Teacher, 1980
Shows how visual property terms of spatial entities can be presented to technical writing students so that the students can find contrastive information about the subject-entity and develop it in their writings. (RL)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Technical Writing, Visual Aids
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Danesi, Marcel – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1983
The use of graphics for teaching the structure of the target language is examined as an extension of the traditional use of graphics to teach vocabulary and text comprehension. The concept is illustrated with examples from several languages. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classification, Diagrams, Grammar, Second Language Instruction
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Keith, Ronald L.; Saunders, David K.; Yanik, Elizabeth G. – Science Teacher, 2003
Explains how digital technology can be used as a tool for teaching students the skills of observation, questioning, information gathering, classifying, predicting, and hypothesis testing. (Author/SOE)
Descriptors: Inquiry, Postsecondary Education, Science Instruction, Secondary Education
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Brown, James W. – French Review, 1984
The potential instructional uses of three kinds of French signs are outlined, focusing on the signs' function as pointers. The signs include road signs that give directions, public interdiction and instruction signs, and advertising used in public places. Illustrations and sample exercises are included. (MSE)
Descriptors: Advertising, Class Activities, French, Instructional Materials
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Mosenthal, Peter B.; Kirsch, Irwin S. – Journal of Reading, 1991
Shows how different types of process schematics depict changes in state in significantly different ways, emphasizing differently types of information and thus defining event phenomena differently. Provides extension activities to help students understand process schematics. (MG)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Information Dissemination, Information Processing, Models
Sinatra, Richard; Howie, Sherry M. – 1980
Visual compositions can be used in the content areas to address comprehension problems posed by implicit factors in any content theme. The importance of a visual presentation for writing is that it can instantly portray the theme to be learned and act as a catalyst to elicit words and sentences to help explain that content theme. Stages of…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Reading Skills, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods
Wright, Andrew – 1989
Intended for teachers, this book provides a valuable guide to the role of pictures and other visual materials in language teaching. It brings together a wealth of ideas on how to use pictures in a wide range of language learning situations. The first section discusses the contribution visuals can make to all classroom settings in providing real…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Language
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Crawley, Sharon J. – Journal of the Middle States Council for the Social Studies, 1988
Discusses the use of semantic mapping in social studies as a means of conceptually organizing written material. Points out that this process is useful because it gives students an overview of the content prior to reading materials and provides an opportunity for students to develop visual images. Offers four examples. (KO)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Holistic Approach, Instructional Materials
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Sadler, Philip M.; Whitney, Charles A.; Shore, Linda; Deutsch, Freeman – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1999
Describes Wavemaker, a simulation environment developed to graphically reveal the behavior of periodic systems using a series of increasingly sophisticated visual tools. Results indicate that the software is helpful in connecting real to simulated systems. (Author/CCM)
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Mechanics (Physics)
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Chatterjea, Kalyani – Geographical Education, 1999
Focuses on how visual images can help students integrate concepts and synthesize information to make a judgment, thereby guiding the learner toward higher order thinking. Uses geography to demonstrate how, by incorporating visual exercises, student perceptions of difficult concepts are enhanced. (CMK)
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography, Physical Geography
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Embse, Charles Vonder; Yoder, Vernon W. – Mathematics Teacher, 1998
Discusses the interconnection among the various modes of the TI-92 calculator (geometry, data graphing, function graphing, and algebra) and how the power of visualization is extended to provide multiple approaches to complex problem situations. Provides a graphing problem with illustrations and results. (AIM)
Descriptors: Algebra, Functions (Mathematics), Geometry, Graphing Calculators
Childers, Pamela B.; Hobson, Eric H.; Mullin, Joan A. – 1998
Intended as a guide for teachers, this book discusses ways to exploit the intersections between the visual and the verbal to teach writing. Chapter 1, "Seeing Writing in a Visual World" (Eric H. Hobson), establishes the book's major premises. Chapter 2, "Postcards: Inside/Out" (Joseph F. Trimmer), describes engaging students in a whole course of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Secondary Education
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Morelli, Lynn – Mathematics Teacher, 1992
Presents activities to visually explore the algebraic concepts of variable, constant, the distributive property, and combining like terms. Presents four transparencies that use visual models to understand exercises in students perform the same mental calculations on a number of their choice and obtain the same result. (MDH)
Descriptors: Algebra, Concept Formation, Learning Activities, Mathematical Concepts
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Brown, James W. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1983
Approaches taken in the United States and France to use of visual pedagogy are compared and discussed. The necessity of integrating semiotic theory and visual pedagogy is underscored, a semiotic model of visual literacy and decoding is outlined, and some advertisements are analyzed, giving suggestions for teaching use. (MSE)
Descriptors: Advertising, Commercial Art, Comparative Education, Educational Theories
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