An account of a photography project in a senior English literature class for low ability students. The results: Involved motivated students, an increased level of enjoyment in school, as well as increased visual awareness. (Author/JB)

The author presents experiemental evidence that visual coding is a significant factor in human memory, and examines evidence for the trace modality theory which states that recognition can only be mediated via the modality in which original material was encoded. (GW)

Focuses on use of student-created visuals in ESL classroom to cue relevant conversation and writing, reinforce vocabulary, strengthen personal identity, and enhance classroom atmosphere. Offers rationale for using personal art experiences; gives criteria and examples of implementation. (Author/BK)

Twenty-one hearing-impaired children (6- to 14-years-old) who had received unisensory instruction for at least three years were administered a series of syllable reception tests. Subjects showed significantly more improvement when audition was added to visual reception than has been shown in previous studies of children educated in "multisensory"…

Reaction time and accuracy do not always reflect the same perceptual processes; therefore, the convergence of reaction time with accuracy within the context of a specific information processing model should be demonstrated empirically rather than assumed a priori. (Author/PN)

In this paper, a teaching model for the appreciative dimension of visual aesthetic education is presented, with a brief outline of the major theoretical sources used in its construction. (Author/SJL)

Identifies four judgments that comprise the myth that audiovisual educational technology is superior to traditional instructional methods. Refutes current explanations for the technology's benefits and suggests more substantial undergirdings in visual and learning theory. (Author/GC)

Picture fading methods previously demonstrated to be effective with moderately and severely retarded individuals were used to teach 12 sight words to two learning disabled students (ages 8 and 10). (Author)

Educational case studies of three multiply handicapped blind children (five to ten years old) are presented in a discussion of visual stimulation approaches. Objectives of activities such as coupling a light with a sound-producing object are described. (CL)

Twenty-two third-grade good and poor readers were tested for their ability to name pictures while trying to ignore words or nonword strings of letters printed inside the pictures. Both groups experienced more interference from intracategory than extracategory words, indicating that they processed the words automatically. Only the good readers…

Thirty-nine fourth grade children exposed to a haptic (active touch) match-to-sample task made significantly fewer post-test errors, relative to control subjects, on a visual problem-soving task. (Author/PHR)