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Cappello, Marva; Walker, Nancy T. – Reading Teacher, 2016
The authors offer a new perspective on close reading that uses a range of multimodal texts to capitalize on the visual nature of contemporary society and to support literacy within the academic disciplines. Specifically, a qualitative study explored teachers' perspectives on the use of Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS), a practice borrowed from…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Visualization, Visual Aids, Thinking Skills
Clark, Joan; Klecan-Aker, Joan S. – Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders, 1992
Sixteen sixth and seventh grade students with language disorders were taught 20 vocabulary items by means of categorization and verbal rehearsal, with half of the students encouraged to use a visual imagery learning strategy. Results suggest that visual imagery may enhance verbal encoding strategies. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Classification, Imagery, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades