An outreach program for gifted upper elementary students developed at the Hirshhorn Museum is described. Objectives are to teach visual literacy, to present the materials using the inquiry method, to use art history and criticism to develop students' looking skills, and to encourage parents to attend classes and museum visits. (RM)

This study tested whether mental rotation performance of 186 high school students (80 males and 106 females) in grades 9 through 12 in art and nonart classes on Vandenbergs Mental Rotations test (S. Vandenberg and Kuse, 1978) was affected by gender, visual-spatial activities, strategies used while performing the test, and the ease of test taking.…

A discussion of how the information explosion will require instantanious visual communication. (HB)

An attempt to isolate possible effects of the application of visual reminders on learning by TV. The underlying assumption was that learning by means of television and other visual media can be enhanced by methodically applying visual reminders. (Author)

Study investigates whether the i.t.a., as well as two other revised orthographies, facilitate the perception of linguistic structure. (Authors)

Recommends that art projects for children encourage the opportunity to look.'' (DS)

Cumulative evidence obtained from this and other studies suggests that perceptual training to attend to shape and object contours will affect representational drawing. (Authors/MB)

Reviews a large number of studies of eye movement. Bibliography appended. (LS)

Results strongly support a self-terminating, feature-testing, contingent mode of information processing. (Author)

Phrase that provides the title for this article is rooted in one of the most common and erroneous assumptions made by persons who use pictures for instructional or enrichment purposes; that is, if you can see it before your eyes in pictorial form, the meaning has been transferred. (Author/MB)