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Project Ikon: Studies of Imagery. Section I, Instructional Strategies: Multivariable Studies of Psychological Processes Related to Instruction.

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Di Vesta, Francis J.; And Others – 1971

Seven studies were conducted to investigate the interactions between imagery-ability and experimental treatments that parallel instructional procedures. The general orientation of the studies was to extend the concepts of imaginal and verbal coding systems to include individual differences in symbolic habits. Thus all the studies took into account…

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Imagery, Individual Differences

Effects of Verbal and Written Labeling on Selective Attention of Mildly Retarded Children.

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McLeskey, James – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982

The influence of verbal and written labels on selective attention to visual materials was examined with retarded children. Under treatment conditions, retarded and normal children located an object more quickly, looked at it longer, and recognized more objects on a recognition-memory task. These results may be applied to materials development.…

Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Attention Control, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials