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Rieber, Lloyd P. – 1994
This paper presents a historical overview of visualization as a human problem-solving tool. Visualization strategies, such as mental imagery, pervade historical accounts of scientific discovery and invention. A selected number of historical examples are presented and discussed on a wide range of topics such as physics, aviation, and the science of…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Decision Making
Creek, Roy J.; Vollmer, Marian L. – 1991
Out of the school reform movement of the eighties have come recommendations for professional development schools, site-based management, and teacher empowerment. Such initiatives can be implemented only in environments where continuing pursuit of new knowledge exists at every level. There is a pressing need for educational models that strive to…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Educational Objectives, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education
Webster, Raymond E.; And Others – 1987
To examine the role of phonetic code in memory, a study investigated the use of phonetic recoding strategies in fifth and sixth graders identified as good and poor readers. Subjects--120 students with IQ scores in the average range--were divided evenly between both grades. Thirty subjects from each grade who scored above the 50th percentile on the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Encoding (Psychology), Grade 5, Grade 6
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Simonson, Michael R., Ed.; And Others – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 1983
Current issues in educational communications and technology are addressed in this collection of 35 papers, in which research reports predominate. Topics discussed include factors related to the learner, e.g., field dependence/independence, reading ability, learning strategies, and cognitive style. Presentation format and media and stimulus…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Educational Media
Kosslyn, Stephen M. – 1985
Visual recognition, navigation, tracking, and imagery are posited to involve some of the same types of representations and processes. The first part of this paper develops a theory of some of the shared types of representations and processing modules. The theory is developed in light of neurophysiological and neuroanatomical data from non-human…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cerebral Dominance, Conceptual Tempo, Elementary Secondary Education
Furner, Beatrice A. – 1987
Focusing on the role of language in learning, this paper discusses schemata and symbolic thinking that help students learn from unfamiliar experiences. The first part of the paper introduces the idea of symbolic thinking by comparing students encountering new ideas with convention-goers making their way around a new city. The section suggests that…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Structures, Creative Thinking, Educational Theories
Clement, Joseph David – 1975
To explore methods of visual communication as a supplement to bilingual education, 200 white male subjects were selected from a public school system in South Florida (100 from the first grade and 100 from the eighth grade) and were allowed to create visual statements from a standardized set of photos. Using primarily Latent Partition Analysis, the…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Bilingual Education, Educational Media, Elementary Education
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Cassell, David – Mathematics in School, 1988
Includes patterns for and a brief discussion of the polyhedra: octahedron, tetrahedron, dodecahedron, cuboid, prism, and star. (PK)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Geometric Concepts, Geometry
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Dwyer, Carol A. – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 1986
A study of undergraduate students investigated whether different rehearsal strategies are more effective in facilitating achievement, whether certain rehearsal strategies require learners to spend more time interacting with instructional content, and whether verbal or visual testing requires students to spend more time processing and responding to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Criterion Referenced Tests, Higher Education
Canelos, James; And Others – Journal of Visual/Verbal Languaging, 1986
Describes the third in a series of studies investigating effects of psychological variable of encoding specificity on cognitive learning, test design, and visualization during instruction and testing. Encoding specificity, its application to classroom learning and testing, and its significance to educational technology are explained. The first two…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes, Encoding (Psychology), Instructional Design
Yeung, Yau-Yuen – Online Submission, 2004
This paper presentation will report on how some science educators at the Science Department of The Hong Kong Institute of Education have successfully employed an array of innovative learning media such as three-dimensional (3D) and virtual reality (VR) technologies to create seven sets of resource kits, most of which are being placed on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prior Learning, Visualization, Computer Simulation
Cifuentes, Lauren; Yi-Chuan, Jane Hsieh – 2000
This study explored computer-based image processing as a study strategy for middle school students' science concept learning. Specifically, the research examined the effects of computer graphics generation on science concept learning and the impact of using computer graphics to show interrelationships among concepts during study time. The 87…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Concept Formation, Information Processing
Robichaux, Rebecca R.; Guarino, A. J. – 2000
This study tested a causal model of the development of spatial visualization based on a synthesis of past and present research. During the summer and fall of 1999, 117 third- and fourth-year undergraduates majoring in architecture, mathematics, mathematics education, and mechanical engineering completed a spatial visualization test and a…
Descriptors: Architecture, College Students, Ethnicity, Family Income
Clarke, Pauline; Widdicombe, Melva – Education Canada, 2002
The Inner-City Arts Training program trains Winnipeg (Canada) teachers in art appreciation, visual awareness, and art production. This training allows them to guide their students through extensive projects that encourage individual contribution while furthering teamwork. The consonance between visual and verbal language is used to develop…
Descriptors: Art Education, Creativity, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education
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Battista, Michael T. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1990
Investigates gender differences and the role of spatial visualization in problem solving in high school geometry. Reports that, whereas males and females differed in spatial visualization and in their performance, they did not differ in logical reasoning ability or in their use of geometric problem-solving strategies. (Author)
Descriptors: Formal Operations, Geometry, Logical Thinking, Mathematics Achievement
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