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Children's Conceptions of Color.
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Feher, Elsa; Meyer, Karen Rice – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1992
Discusses children's ideas about colored objects and colored shadows, with special attention to the organization of these ideas into mental models. The clarification of these models provides instructional tools that serve to assess and confront students' naive conceptions. Subjects were visitors to a science museum who engaged in interactive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Cognitive Style, Color, Concept Formation
The Effect of Learning Style and Variations in Color Coding Strategies (B & W/Color) in Facilitating Student Achievement of Different Educational Objectives.
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Alemar, Irma; Dwyer, Francis – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1993
Examined the effect of different levels of color and black/gray/white in visuals to facilitate student achievement of facts, concepts, and generalizations. Participants were 244 high school students in Puerto Rico. Results indicated a significant Intelligence-Quotient and learning-style effect on dependent measures and the color-coding effect…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Coding, Cognitive Style, Color
The Display of Color Graphics on Monochrome Monitors: A Concern for Designers and an Opportunity for Researchers.
Baker, Patti R.; And Others – 1986
A study was conducted to investigate the comprehensibility of microcomputer-generated color graphics that are displayed on monochromatic monitors. Subjects were 64 second, third, and fourth graders who were randomly assigned to one of two conditions. Children in the first treatment were asked to identify, on a monochrome monitor, a figure that was…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Children, Cognitive Style, Color