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Download full textCaban, Juan Pedro – 1971
An experiment compared the effectiveness of color and non-color (black-and-white) pictures in a paired associate learning task. The study also used individual eye movement quantifications as a predictor of preference for color and non-color pictures. Specifically, eye movement fixation patterns were used as indices of preference for color and…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Color, Doctoral Dissertations, Intermode Differences
Williams, David V.; Williams, Joanna P. – 1972
The study is concerned with auditory versus visual presentation of several kinds of verbal materials: (1) word pairs; (2) sentences; and (3) prose passages. Ninety-six fourth and sixth graders from a predominantly white, middle class suburban area served as subjects. Major hypotheses included: (1) a mode-by-materials interaction would exist such…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Audiolingual Skills, Aural Learning, Elementary School Students
Dwyer, Francis M. – AV Communication Review, 1973
This study examines the effects of four different types of visuals used with television, slide-tape, and programed instruction (printed booklet) presentation. The same script was used with simple line drawings, detailed shaded drawings, photographs of a heart, and photographs of a heart model. In general, results favored programed instruction.…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Intermode Differences, Learning, Learning Modalities
Tyler, Joanna – 1979
This study examines the effects of readiness level and learning modality emphasis on the form discrimination performance of kindergarten children on training and transfer tasks. Forty-eight male and 48 female kindergarten children between the ages of 5.5 and 6.5 years participated in the study. The children were randomly selected from a group of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Discrimination Learning, Distinctive Features (Language), Kindergarten Children
Scanlan, David – Engineering Education, 1988
Notes that almost all computer engineering textbooks present algorithms using only verbal methods. Poses that engineering students' ability to handle graphic representation is crucial yet information is presented verbally. Summarizes the results of 12 replications on learner preference for graphic or verbal algorithmic techniques. (MVL)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Cognitive Processes, College Science, Curriculum Design
Hunter, Walter E.; McCants, Louise S. – 1977
A Study of students' preferred learning styles at Sinclair Community College utilized the Learning Styles Inventory (LSI), which provides 100 discriminations within the following categories: Conditions, reflecting concern for learning situation dynamics; Content, indicating major areas of interest; Mode, showing the general modality through which…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Age Differences, Aural Learning
