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Bodemer, Daniel; Ploetzner, Rolf; Bruchmuller, Katrin; Hacker, Sonja – Instructional Science: An International Journal of Learning and Cognition, 2005
When learners explore dynamic and interactive visualisations they are often not able to interact with them in a systematic and goal-oriented way. Frequently, even supporting learners in processes of discovery learning does not lead to better learning outcomes. This can be due to missing pre-requisite knowledge such as the coherent mental…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Multimedia Instruction, Interaction, Symbolic Learning
Wigglesivorth, John C. – Journal of Geography, 2003
This paper summarizes a research project conducted to investigate the strategies developed by middle school students to solve a route-finding problem using Arc View GIS software. Three different types of route-finding strategies were identified. Some students were visual route-finders and used a highly visual strategy; others were logical route…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Computer Software, Cognitive Mapping, Navigation
Janssen, Diederik F. – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2006
This paper addresses the scarcity of research on depictions and layout in sex education materials. It is argued that pictures and layout can inform an analysis of social stratification based on visual access. This process of social organization is located using four theoretical models. However these models do not lend themselves to a close reading…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Models, Social Stratification, Social Organizations
Cochenour, John J.; Rezabek, Landra L. – 1995
Many historical and traditional symbols are recorded in cemeteries. The symbols and motifs on tombstones profile individual lives, but they also convey information regarding a society's order, values, religious practices, and realities at the time of the individual's death. The primary goals of this research effort were to identify a variety of…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Images, Cultural Relevance, Data Collection
Bronson, Martha B. – 1995
This book serves as a guide to selecting play materials for individuals providing education and care for young children. The introductory chapter of the book discusses child play and the importance of selection of play materials based on needs of children and the purposes they serve. The next six chapters provide information on play materials,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Listening Comprehension, Motor Development, Play
Dake, Dennis M. – 1997
Using the metaphoric story device of two tribes, one that builds their culture around words and the other which depends primarily on visual perception, this paper suggests a distinctive mental paradigm at work within the society of artists, who pursue visual literacy through graphic ideation. The author discusses his education in art and his…
Descriptors: Artists, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Concept Formation
Knupfer, Nancy Nelson; And Others – 1997
Graduate students often have difficulty understanding the concepts behind the various models of instructional design (ID). In order to help students in an introductory ID course come to a better understanding of the similarities and differences between various instructional models, the models were developed into dynamic computer graphics to use…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Box, Cecelia A.; Cochenour, John – 1995
This is a pilot study which addresses whether teachers should be taught about visual literacy. A preliminary review of the literature revealed that: (1) prospective teachers need training in the skills and knowledge related to visual literacy if they are to develop such skills and knowledge in their students, and (2) visual literacy is not a…
Descriptors: Education Courses, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Pilot Projects
Branch, Robert C.; Bloom, Janet R. – 1995
This study explores the interpretation of two types of flow diagrams composed of different visual elements intended to communicate the same meaning. Using linear and cyclical diagrams, the study focused on whether, given a series of diagrams using linear elements and a series using cyclical elements, both types of visuals convey the same message…
Descriptors: Adjectives, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Data Interpretation
Dwyer, Carol A.; And Others – 1993
The purpose of the study reported in this paper was to examine the effect of visuals possessing different amounts of realistic detail and the effects of integrating covert and overt rehearsal strategies into visually complemented prose instruction. A total of 128 university students participated in the study, which involved a prose text on the…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Research, Higher Education, Illustrations
Kosslyn, Stephen; And Others – 1983
This book, describing the result of extended research on how charts/graphs convey information, develops a scheme for describing/analyzing information contained in graphs/charts. A psychological theory of knowledge of the reader and the mental events which occur in attempting to read a graphic display are the two focal points of the book. A…
Descriptors: Charts, Cognitive Processes, Communication Research, Experimental Psychology
Moeser, Shannon Dawn – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1975
College students were presented with an artificial language in which spoken nonsense words were correlated with visual references. Inferences regarding vocabulary acquisition were drawn, and it was suggested that the processing of the language was mediated through a semantic memory system. (CK)
Descriptors: Artificial Languages, Language Learning Levels, Memory, Second Language Learning
Effects of Television and Picture Book Attributes on Children's Memory of Visual and Auditory Facts.
Greene, Elinor C.; And Others – 1987
This research compared the effects of a televised presentation and a picture book on children's recall of specific verbal and visual content using 48 third-grade students in Florida as subjects. The children were first stratified by sex and then randomly assigned to view the same story in either a picture book with audiotape or a televised…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Aural Learning, Comparative Analysis, Educational Television
Rodriguez, Stephen R.; And Others – 1987
This study examined whether the sources of information children use to substantiate story-based inferences are influenced by the medium of delivery. The 48 third grade students who acted as subjects were stratified by sex and randomly assigned to one of two media conditions; i.e., each child was presented an African folktale either (1) as a…
Descriptors: Audiotape Cassettes, Aural Learning, Comparative Analysis, Educational Television
Sutherland, Sandra; Winn, William – 1987
The interactions of three factors that may be involved with the memory for pattern or sequence in visual materials were investigated in this study: (1) arbitrariness of representation; (2) task; and (3) ability of students. The subjects, who were 29 graduate students in education, were pretested for general ability and randomly assigned to four…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Instructional Design