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Whitin, Phyllis – Research in the Teaching of English, 2005
This teacher-research study examines the roles of talk and metaphorical representation in the construction of personal and social literary interpretation. Over three years, the investigator collected data from fourth-grade children's sketched interpretations about literature, their written commentaries, and conversations that occurred before,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Figurative Language, Freehand Drawing, Reader Response
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Wellnitz, Todd – American Biology Teacher, 2006
While a voluminous lecture hall can present obstacles to effective teaching and learning, large classrooms containing more than 100 students also present teaching opportunities. The lecture hall offers an excellent arena for demonstrating concepts that lend themselves to demonstrations and something this author refers to as "group performances."…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Performance, Demonstrations (Educational), Biology
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Murray, G. K.; Veijola, J.; Moilanen, K.; Miettunen, J.; Glahn, D. C.; Cannon, T. D.; Jones, P. B.; Isohanni, M. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2006
Background: The relationship between the age of reaching infant developmental milestones and later intellectual function within the normal population remains unresolved. We hypothesised that the age of learning to stand in infancy would be associated with adult executive function and that the association would be apparent throughout the range of…
Descriptors: Verbal Learning, Infants, Foreign Countries, Cognitive Processes
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Quinn, Gwendolyn P.; Albrecht, Terrance L.; Mahan, Charles; Bell-Ellison, Bethany A.; Akintobi, Tabia Henry; Reynolds, Beth; Jeffers, Delores – Qualitative Report, 2006
When it comes to issues related to low-income women seeking early, adequate, or continuous prenatal care, the public health and medical communities continue to tell women to take responsibility for their actions. Rarely are messages aimed at providers. To help physicians see how factors in their offices and clinics can affect service utilization,…
Descriptors: Prenatal Care, Qualitative Research, Females, Physicians
Lyga, Allyson A. W. – School Library Journal, 2006
Graphic novels help all different types of learners. For children who are incapable of visualizing a story, the artwork helps them create context. Graphic elements also attract visually dependent readers, who then freely read the text, and help reluctant readers understand the plot of a story. Finally, graphic novels cross gender lines. In this…
Descriptors: Reading Material Selection, Childrens Literature, Reading Motivation, Elementary Education
McCullough, John; Couch, Richard A. – 1995
Digital Chisel is a user-friendly multimedia authoring tool for helping students and teachers to tutor/teach the computer. It can be used as a visual presentation tool, as a tool to provide individualized instruction and as a tool to help students learn using a variety of visual and auditory modes. Interactive presentations can be designed without…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Educational Technology
Binns, Jane C.; Branch, Robert C. – 1995
The purpose of this paper is to sensitize instructional message designers to the stereotypical signals which may be inherent in computer clip-art selections. A rationale is presented for the power of message design, and the differences between gender equality and gender equity are discussed. Several computer clip-art libraries were analyzed, and…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education, Imagery
Lockee, Barbara; Hergert, Tom – 1995
The interactive multimedia application described here attempts to provide learners and teachers with a common frame of reference for communicating about visual media. The system is based on a list of concepts related to composition, and illustrates those concepts with photographs, paintings, graphic designs, and motion picture scenes. The ability…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Graphics, Graphic Arts, Hypermedia
Fredette, Barbara W. – 1995
The purpose of this in-progress study is to try to find commonalities between visual proficiency and artistic performance. In order to assess visual proficiency, a test of spatial ability is being developed and pilot tested. Student performance on the test will be recorded and examined in relation to two traditional measures of student art…
Descriptors: Art Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Graphic Arts, Pilot Projects
Fisch, Shalom M.; Brown, Susan K. McCann; Cohen, David I. – 1999
Several current television series for preschool children convey stories, not through meaningful dialogue, but through visual information and intonational cues embedded within nonsensical dialogue. This study examined young children's ability to construct meaning from such materials. Participating were 135 preschoolers, 3 to 5 years old. Subjects…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Audience Response, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension
Schoenmaker, Jan, Ed.; Stanchev, Ivan, Ed. – 1994
This report reflects research and development on visualization and the use of multimedia carried out at the Department of Applied Education, Division of Instrumental Science and Technology of the University of Twente (Netherlands) and the Andersen Consulting Educational Computing Consortium, also at the University of Twente. The report contains 11…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Rolandelli, David R.; And Others – 1985
A study was conducted to (1) examine children's visual and auditory attention to, and comprehension of, narrated and nonnarrated versions of two television programs, and (2) test a measure of auditory attention in relation to visual attention and to comprehension of information presented with or without narration. Subjects, 117 five- and…
Descriptors: Attention, Aural Learning, Children, Comparative Analysis
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Simonson, Michael R., Ed.; Treimer, Margaret, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 1985
Current issues in educational communications and technology are addressed in this collection of 48 papers, in which research reports predominate. Topics discussed include factors related to the learner, e.g., field dependence/independence, learning strategies, information processing, spatial ability, cognitive style, and cognitive strategies.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Educational Media, Educational Technology
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Calvert, Sandra L.; And Others – 1984
Preplays (critical material presented before a televised program) were inserted before three sections of a televised story to determine if they would improve children's attention and comprehension by providing overall plot structure for selecting and integrating important story events. The preplays varied on two orthogonal dimensions: presence or…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Age Differences, Attention, Comprehension
Moore, Phillip J.; Scevak, Jill J. – 1988
To determine whether high school students can be trained to use maps more effectively, a study examined linkage of feature and event information, the role of individual differences, and the roles of reading ability and preference for dealing with visual information. Subjects were 31 16- to 17-year-old high school students. Experimental and control…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools, Individual Differences
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