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Peer reviewedMeltzer, Lynn J. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1982
A set of 19 visual perceptual tasks was administered to six- to eight-year-old children, in order to differentiate three visual factors (visual synthesis, visual analysis, and perceptual speed) according to perceptual and conceptual complexity. The association between these perceptual measures, reading, and arithmetic was also assessed.…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Difficulty Level, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
Direct linkAndres, Hayward P.; Petersen, Candice – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2002
Cognitive processing limitations restrict the number of complex information items held and processed in human working memory. To overcome such limitations, a verbal working memory channel is used to construct an if-then proposition representation of facts and a visual working memory channel is used to construct a visual imagery of geometric…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Spatial Ability, Multimedia Instruction, Verbal Ability
