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Cane, Tina – Teachers & Writers, 2003
Contends that to mindfully appreciate the shape a poem carves onto a page is to view its words and lines in relief, to consider how the contours of a poem contribute to its meaning. Explains that the notion of blank space as a defining element of poetry is simple yet radical, and is a subtle challenge to students who define poetry as beautiful…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Poetry, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods
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Johnson, Diane B. – Exercise Exchange, 1988
Presents an assignment which utilizes alternative ways to absorb new information: using a small section of the material to be learned, students illustrate on a poster board what they think it means and teach each other when they present their posters to the class. (RAE)
Descriptors: Art Expression, Freehand Drawing, Learning Processes, Secondary Education
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Clyde, Jean Anne – Language Arts, 1994
Discusses how a teacher was challenged to outgrow previously held beliefs about children and broaden her verbocentric curricular assumptions and experiences by a student for whom art stabilized and gave shape to his thoughts. Notes that the student helped bring real meaning to the idea that learning is "multimodal" in nature. (RS)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Cognitive Processes, Primary Education, Visual Learning
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Bedford, Felice L. – Cognition, 1995
Addresses two questions that may be unique to perceptual learning: What are the circumstances that produce learning? and What is the content of learning? Suggests a critical principle for each question. Provides a discussion of perceptual learning theory, how learning occurs, and what gets learned. Includes a 121-item bibliography. (DR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Style, Learning Processes
Karrer, Rathe; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1995
Event-related brain potentials (ERPs) were recorded from 6-month-old infants with and without Down syndrome presented with a visual recognition memory task. The ERP morphology was the same for both groups. The chronometry of information processing by infants with Down syndrome was similar to or faster than "normal" infants' processing.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Downs Syndrome, Infants, Memory
Carver, Roger J. – ACEHI Journal, 1992
This article analyzes arguments for a written form of American Sign Language (ASL) and suggests the need for empowerment of people who are deaf. It concludes that suggestions to "alphabeticize" ASL or to utilize English glosses would not be appropriate, and proposes that deaf people themselves develop a visual symbol system. (DB)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Personal Autonomy, Visual Learning
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Arnheim, Rudolf – Educational Horizons, 1993
Visual learning enhances cognitive understanding of abstract concepts. Perception of such ideas as causality is enriched by visual examples. Perceiving should not be separated from thinking. (SK)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Children, Cognitive Development, Comprehension
Bing, Lois – Journal of Clinical Reading: Research and Programs, 1983
Offers three reasons as to why some children encounter difficulty with educational activities involving vision: (1) inability to perceive and hold detail in mind, (2) lack of time given to accomplish task, and (3) introducing too many activities at one time. (MG)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Processes, Vision
Pyszkowski, Irene S. – Journal of Clinical Reading: Research and Programs, 1986
Reports on part of a larger study that seeks to determine visual screening needs as they apply to reading, learning, and classroom environment. Concludes that, when carefully interpreted, an analysis of eye motion in the reading act can supply important information for teachers and parents. (MG)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Eye Movements, Reading Ability, Reading Diagnosis
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Olson, Melfried; Olson, Judith – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1998
Presents mathematics activities focusing on explorations in the environment that include visual or geometric components. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Geometric Concepts, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction
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Rothenberg, Julia Johnson; Cassant, Sandra – Educational Forum, 1996
Observation of two students from nondominant cultures demonstrated the role of social and visual learning in the classroom as children watched each other for direction. The need for appropriate visual cues and for structure was apparent. (SK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Minority Groups, Multicultural Education, Observation
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Agosto, Denise E. – Children's Literature in Education, 1999
Provides a model for studying the relationship between text and illustration in picture storybooks that employ interdependent storytelling--readers must consider both text and illustration to comprehend the story. Discusses the role of interdependent storytelling in children's literary, artistic, and intellectual development. (NH)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Models, Pictorial Stimuli, Picture Books
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Nelson, Nerissa – Education Libraries, 2004
This paper discusses the concept of visual literacy and its implications for librarians teaching information literacy components. The author concludes that, while visual teaching methods should be incorporated in library instruction, teaching visual literacy competencies is most effectively done in connection with discipline-specific content and…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Teaching Methods, Visual Literacy, Criticism
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Frey, Nancy; Fisher, Douglas – English Journal, 2004
Alternative genres such as graphic novels, manga, and anime are employed to build on students' multiple literacies. It is observed that use of visual stories allowed students to discuss how the authors conveyed mood and tone through images.
Descriptors: Novels, Adolescent Literature, Visual Learning, Urban Schools
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Jacobs, Alissa; Shiffrar, Maggie – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2005
People frequently analyze the actions of other people for the purpose of action coordination. To understand whether such self-relative action perception differs from other-relative action perception, the authors had observers either compare their own walking speed with that of a point-light walker or compare the walking speeds of 2 point-light…
Descriptors: Motion, Physical Activities, Visual Learning, Visual Perception
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