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Poteet, G. Howard – The Teachers Guide to Media and Methods, 1967
The failure of verbal descriptions to convey an understanding of film terminology led to a student production of a 20-minute color film that defines various film methods by illustrating them. A technique is shown on the screen and simultaneous soundtrack narration explains how this technique can be used. When the narration lasts longer than the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, English Instruction, Film Production, Films
Wheelbarger, Johnny J. – 1970
Several theories in audiovisual education hold that learning from a visual illustration is directly related to the realism of the visual aid. In order to test this theory, five treatment groups were established. All groups were pretested, taught the same unit of instruction, and posttested. Four groups saw slide sequences in which were viewed…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Color, Doctoral Dissertations, Illustrations
Dwyer, Francis M. – Educational Technology, 1976
Effective use of visual illustration entails consideration of specific instructional purposes, method of presentation, student characteristics, type of objectives, and cuing techniques. (LS)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Illustrations, Media Research

Dwyer, Francis M., Jr. – Harvard Educational Review, 1967
Reports on the effectiveness of visual illustrations used in conjunction with oral instructions. Results indicate that the reduction of realistic detail in an illustration does not necessarily reduce its instructional effectiveness and in many cases improves it. There were also significant differences in the effectiveness of different types of…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Illustrations, Learning, Nonverbal Learning
Griffin, Robert E. – 1993
The focus of this study was to measure the communicative power of business symbols with a business audience. A panel of three people selected 15 appropriate business symbols which then appeared on a questionnaire which showed each symbol with a blank space for the respondent to provide a one word or short answer of the symbol's meaning.…
Descriptors: Business, Business Administration Education, Graphic Arts, Higher Education
Borg, Walter R.; Schuller, Charles F. – Educational Communication and Technology: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Development, 1979
This study, to determine whether complexity of detail, scale, and background help subjects to learn technical information, demonstrated no significant difference between groups. One group used the existing self-contained learning package with many complex visuals; the other group used lessons identical in the audio portion but containing…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Audiovisual Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Filmstrips
Pettersson, Rune – 1993
There are two categories of representations: figurative and non-figurative. Within the category of figurative representations, there are two groups: visuals and graphic symbols. Graphic symbols include pictorial symbols, abstract symbols, and arbitrary symbols. Symbols can be used for identification, overview, supplying instructions, position,…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Foreign Countries, Graphic Arts
Claggett, Fran; Brown, Joan – 1992
Based on the premise that the primary ways individuals make sense of the world is through observation, analysis, imagination, and feeling, this work suggests that through the use of graphics, students can experience these functions as they interact with reading and writing activities. Graphics encourage students to read more closely, make visual…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Childrens Literature, Diagrams, Graphs
DWYER, FRANCIS M., JR. – 1967
THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF EIGHT TYPES OF VISUAL ILLUSTRATION OF THE HUMAN HEART WAS TESTED IN NINTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE CLASSES. THE EIGHT TYPES--ABSTRACT LINE DRAWINGS, DETAILED SHADED DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS OF HEART MODELS, AND REALISTIC MODELS, EACH IN BLACK AND WHITE AND IN COLOR--AND A CONTROL PRESENTATION WITH NO ILLUSTRATIONS WERE…
Descriptors: Biology, Educational Media, Grade 10, Grade 11
Williams, Catharine M. – 1968
Well prepared, carefully chosen, two-dimensional visual aids are valuable in the learning process as a source of information and as a stimulator of student response. A student's visual perception and his degree of self-awareness can be evaluated by his reaction to pictures. At the instructional level, pictures can expand an experience, dramatize a…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Illustrations, Instructional Materials
White, Ronald V. – 1978
Writing exercises used as a means of reinforcing language presented and practiced in the spoken medium should include clear cues for the student that can stimulate and guide the writing of connected sentences. Three principles are suggested as being fundamental to the planning and use of effective exercises: (1) focus throughout should be on the…
Descriptors: Charts, Communication Skills, Cues, Diagrams