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Mayer, Richard E.; And Others – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1995
Explains a generative theory of textbook design and describes three experiments that compared college students' solutions on transfer problems after reading science texts with illustrations adjacent to corresponding text and including annotations, and illustrations separated from text without annotations. (LRW)
Descriptors: Abstracts, College Science, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Kidd, Dawn Hoyt; Lamb, Charles E. – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1993
High school consumer mathematics classes at a state school for the deaf were observed to find particular areas of difficulties in mathematics vocabulary learning and understanding. Classroom anecdotes are discussed along with possible causes and recommendations. (Contains 14 references.) (Author)
Descriptors: Deafness, High School Students, High Schools, Learning Problems
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Huang, H. S.; Hanley, J. Richard – Cognition, 1995
Examined the relationship between phonological awareness and reading skills in eight-year olds from Britain, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Found that performance of Chinese children on phonological tests was not significantly related to their reading ability, in contrast to performance of English children, whose results continued to show a significant…
Descriptors: Chinese, Cross Cultural Studies, Distinctive Features (Language), Elementary School Students
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Colombo, John – Developmental Review, 1995
Examines the potential contribution of different neural systems to developmental change in the duration of visual fixation, and the individual differences in that variable that are predictive of subsequent cognitive function. Presents hypotheses concerning two specific and independent neural systems and how they might contribute to individual and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Eye Fixations, Infants
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
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Hirsch, Rita; Edelstein, Myra Ellen – Journal of American College Health, 1992
College students were surveyed to determine whether they comprehended, identified with, and were motivated by poster messages regarding safer sex, alcohol use, and stress management. Results are presented for males and females, response differences between men and women are discussed. Suggestions for improving effectiveness and eliminating design…
Descriptors: College Students, Graphic Arts, Health Education, Health Materials
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Abed, Farough – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1994
Describes a study of eighth graders that compared the effects of two-dimensional and three-dimensional illustrated texts on eye movement strategies and on retention of information. Results are reported that support earlier research findings that realism in illustrations is not necessarily facilitating and may even be distracting. (Contains 19…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Dimensional Preference, Eye Movements
Beck, Charles R. – Educational Technology, 1991
Describes a series of studies of fourth graders that investigated the cueing effectiveness of seven variables for use with visual information. Contrasting cueing strategies that were tested are described, cueing effects on average and below average learners are discussed, and tentative guidelines for instructional designers are suggested. (35…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Comparative Analysis, Cues, Elementary Education
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Chanlin, Lih-Juan – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1999
Describes a study of college students that was conducted to examine the effectiveness of integrating different computerized visual-presentation strategies in learning different contents; the effect of identical presentation strategies on students possessing different levels of prior knowledge; and whether the use of different visual strategies…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Strategies
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Huntsman, Eric D. – Interdisciplinary Humanities, 1998
Describes the "Ara Pacis Augustae" that is a monumental altar commemorating the emperor Augustus' safe return in 13 B.C. from his provincial tour of Spain and Gaul. Explains how students in a Roman history class can learn about the culture during the age of emperor Augustus by studying the altar. (CMK)
Descriptors: Ancient History, Cultural Awareness, Higher Education, History Instruction
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Lotto, Lorella; de Groot, M. B. – Language Learning, 1998
Examined the roles of learning method, word frequency, and cognate status in the learning of 80 Italian words by 56 adult Dutch learners previously unfamiliar with Italian. Two learning methods were contrasted: word learning, where the Italian word was presented with its translation in Dutch, and picture learning, where it was presented with a…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Dutch, Italian
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Mayer, Richard E.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1996
In 3 experiments, 163 college students who read a summary with a sequence of short captions with simple illustrations depicting steps in a process recalled the steps and solved transfer problems as well as or better than students who received the full text with a summary or alone. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Learning
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Copeland, Susan R.; Hughes, Carolyn – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 2000
Two high school students with severe disabilities were taught to perform job tasks using a two-step process: touching a picture to prompt initiation of a task and turning a picture in a booklet to indicate task completion. As participants acquired the picture prompt strategy, their independent task initiations increased. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Performance, Pictorial Stimuli, Prompting
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Schuller, Tom – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2004
Imagery could add an extra dimension to analyses of lifelong learning, which need to draw on diverse sources and techniques. This article has two principal components. First I suggest that the use of images might be divided into three categories: as illustration; as evidence; and as heuristic. I go on to explore the latter two categories, first by…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Imagery, Adult Learning, Art History
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de la Iglesia, Carmen J. F.; Buceta, M. Jose; Campos, Alfredo – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2005
Background: Research indicates that the use of mental imagery is a rich source of possibilities for improving learning in participants with learning disabilities and intellectual disability. Method: We undertook two experiments designed to assess the effectiveness of using imagery in prose learning for participants with Down syndrome (DS). The…
Descriptors: Prose, Learning Disabilities, Imagery, Down Syndrome
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