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Kabanova-Meller, E. N. – 1969
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a book in which the author sums up her research on the problem of training and transfering various types of mental activity. The second part of the book deals with one of the most important problems of mental development, that of the evidences and conditions of…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Developmental Psychology
Zalatimo, Suleiman D. – 1972
In planning media systems for individualized study it is valuable to know if printed materials are as effective as projected materials in promoting student recall. An experiment to compare printed and projected materials utilized subjects from graduate school, the tenth, and the twelfth grade. Subjects were tested on images in either printed or…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Intermode Differences, Media Research, Media Selection
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Withrow, Frank – American Annals of the Deaf, 1978
Explored are the possibilities of using amplification in three sensory modes (audition, vision, and touch) in the education of the aurally handicapped. (BD)
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Aural Learning, Elementary Education, Hearing (Physiology)
Moirand, Sophie – Francais dans le Monde, 1978
A printed text can be considered a picture on which readers project their own image in order to understand its original meaning. This process is explained via several kinds of original documents. Implications for instruction in reading a foreign language are discussed and several examples are given. (Text is in French.) (AMH)
Descriptors: French, Higher Education, Language Instruction, Reading Instruction
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Marzano, Robert J. – Journal of Reading, 1978
Suggests using visual cues such as boldface type, indenting, and color coding to help students identify important words in sentences and relationships between sentences. (MKM)
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Paragraph Composition
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Griffiths, Allen D.; Engin, Ann – Psychology in the Schools, 1976
The cover test and the near point of convergence test are quick, easy tests to help the school psychologist determine if a child should be referred for professional vision care. Results from these tests should be reported to vision care professional to facilitate the determination of the child's visual status. (Author)
Descriptors: Consultants, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Referral
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Shehan, Patricia K. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1987
Reports a study which examined the effects of audio and visual approaches to rhythm reading and short-term retention in second and sixth grade students. Sixth graders learned the patterns twice as fast as younger children. Simultaneous use of both auditory and visual channels facilitates learning. (Author/AEM)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Grade 2, Grade 6, Memory
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Kuchuk, April; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Examines whether three-month-old infants can detect variations within the single expression category of smiling and whether individual differences in infants' sensitivities are related to identifiable mother or infant behaviors. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Facial Expressions, Individual Differences, Infants
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Sergeant, Joseph A.; Scholten, C. A. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1985
Reports the results of a high-speed search task administered to overactive and distractible (hyperactives), normoactive and distractible, and normoactive and attentive (controls) children. Instructions emphasized speed, accuracy, or both speed and accuracy. Indicates that controls and distractibles conformed to the fast guess model, which relates…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Children, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
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Andrews, Sona K.; Gersmehl, Philip J. – Journal of Geography, 1986
Offers nine suggestions for video tape production and instructional use in a student laboratory for a cartography course. Briefly discusses costs and benefits, including more time for instructors to focus on specific techniques and individual questions. (TRS)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Cartography, Geography, Geography Instruction
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McBride, Susan Diane; Dwyer, Francis M. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1985
The instructional effectiveness and efficiency of organizational chunking and batched postquestions within the framework of an information processing approach to learning and memory were investigated. Results indicated that the chunked treatment was a more efficient learning strategy. The intervening postquestion strategy helped reduce completion…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Encoding (Psychology), Higher Education, Language Processing
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Cramer, Phebe – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1976
The false recognition procedure was used to determine the relative dominance of visual and verbal memory organization at two grade levels. The results indicated that visual encoding was predominant for first graders, but that both visual and verbal encoding occurred with fourth graders. (MS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education
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Boersma, Frederic J.; Wilton, Keri M. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1976
Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation
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Woo, William – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1976
The visual exposure method for teaching tonal modulation can be used in the classroom where aural exposure time cannot be increased. The use of musical notation is a workable technique to begin with, using flashcards. Each flashcard has a character and the musical note that is linked with it. (CFM)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Chinese, Language Instruction, Mandarin Chinese
Krohn, Steven – Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE), 2005
This article describes how research in both educational theory and cognitive psychology tells us that visual learning is one of the best methods for teaching students of all ages how to think and how to learn. With this basic understanding, it is only natural that we teach and let students experience the power of visualization. Visualization can…
Descriptors: Visualization, Motion, Visual Learning, Learning Strategies
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