Reports on a study that tested the effects of cognitive style upon the short-term recall of abstract figures seen with different contextual backgrounds. Findings indicated that field dependent individuals can learn and transfer visual information. (CH)

Results of a study involving 60 autistic children (three-16 years old) showed that equivalence training was more effective than functional object-use in improving posttest scores on visual overselectivity. (Author/CL)

The paper describes the development of Signed Target Phoneme (STP) Therapy, using the hand shapes of the Americal Manual Alphabet to cue phonemes. Adding STP to traditional therapy methods with a five-year-old boy diagnosed as having developmental apraxia of speech revealed a positive relationship between application of STP procedures and a more…

A vision evaluation and enhancement program was used with 59 elementary multihandicapped students to prevent future problems in educational and social development. Ss with eye-movement difficulties, eye-hand coordination problems and/or difficulty in visual perception skills improved after program participation. (CL)

In a study of contingency awareness in four young severely handicapped, nonambulatory children with voluntary control over eye movements, all children demonstrated longer duration of visual fixation to the sensory stimulation display during sessions of contingent stimulation. (Author/CL)

A discussion of the need for children's books to be produced, and used by librarians to stimulate children's interest in art. Includes examples of children's art books. (KP)

Considers the ways in which the artist of one biblical narrative, the Old English Caedmonian Genesis,'' successfully created a consecutive series of visual episodes which correspond to the narrative sequence of the poetic text. (Author)

An inexpensive way to learn film making, which teaches script-writing, film editing, and all phases of film production. Student reaction to mock film making was favorable. (Author/JB)

Concludes that many variables affect the effectiveness of visual illustrations in facilitating learning. (MS)

A retarded boy, unable to read orally or with comprehension, was taught to match spoken to printed words and was then capable of reading comprehension (matching printed words to picture) and oral reading (naming printed words aloud), demonstrating that certain learned auditory-visual equivalences are sufficient prerequisites for reading…

The autistic children's presumed preference for proximal over distal sensory input was studied by requiring that "autistic," retarded, and "normal" children (7-15 years old) adapt to lateral displacement of the visual field. Only autistic Ss demonstrated transfer of adaptation to the nonadapted hand, indicating reliance on proprioception rather…

Results of three studies involving Down syndrome students suggested that the auditory-visual recall difference evidenced by nonretarded but not by retarded Ss may have been due to the differential use of information in echoic memory. (Author)

The author speculates on the mythic symbolism of the maze and describes her work with learning disabled students who responded favorably to mazes, especially to visualization tasks involving mazes. (CL)