To determine the effectiveness in spelling instruction of using only the auditory sensory mode as compared to using both the visual and auditory modes when children check their own tests, students in grades 4 and 6 completed three experimental lessons and three control lessons. For the experimental lessons, an overlay was prepared which enabled…

Analogous auditory and visual central-incidental learning tasks were administered to 24 students from each of the second, fourth, and sixth grades. The visual tasks served as another modification of Hagen's central-incidental learning paradigm, with the interpretation that focal attention processes continue to develop until the age of 12 or 13…

A research project investigated the extent to which children's visual awareness and visual literacy were developed through photography. Thirty-four elementary school students were provided with Polaroid "Big Swinger" cameras; they were given one roll of film per day for eight weeks and allowed to photograph whatever they liked. After…

Learning sets programs were administered to preschool deaf children from a variety of representative educational programs throughout the southwest to improve their visual perception skills. The concept of learning sets was described as progression from trial-and-error learning to immediate problem solving by insight. The project consisted of six…

Most vision screening today concerns itself only with the physical phase of vision, consequently the relationship of vision to learning becomes slighted. Rather, vision should be discussed as it operates when learning takes place through seeing. Vision as it operates for learning is a very complex process--it has physical (acuity), physiological…

A study tested two alternative theories about the role of color in visual learning: first, that color provides an additional dimension of realism which results in the learner attaining a more complete image of the object or event and second, that color functions only as a coding device which facilitates the storage and retrieval of the image. Two…

Four nonverbal autistic children (10-15 years old) were taught expressive sign labels for common objects, using a training procedure that consisted of prompting, fading, and stimulus rotation. (Author/BD)

Sixteen mildly mentally retarded adults were compared on both an auditory and a visual vigilance task with 16 Ss having greater than average intelligence. (Author)

Subjects from kindergarten-age to adult participated in four experiments. In order to view the stimuli, subjects in three experiments activated lights in viewing boxes; in the fourth experiment, stimulus fixations were measured using a corneal reflection technique. Results supported the view that visual observing is controlled by cognitive…

Criticizes the overwhelming emphasis placed on printed material in school learning. Shows how a variety of physical and visual stimuli can provide as much or more information than written statements. Includes examples based on two historical photographs and a modern plastic food container. (GEA)

The effects of teaching experience and instruction on visual retention and knowledge of selected sports skills were investigated. Thirty-one experienced teachers and 29 undergraduates received 30 hours of instruction and were administered pre- and posttests to assess visual retention of performance and knowledge. Results and conclusions are…

The paper describes the keyword method for vocabulary instruction with learning disabled, mentally retarded, gifted, and typical students. The keyword method, a mnemonic technique using visual imagery, involves recoding, relating, and retrieving. Building fluency, using scientific word parts to understand complex words, and generalizing to…

Discusses teaching vocabulary when students do not know the words nor the concepts they represent. (SRT)

Tests infants' dual-process performance (a process mediating response decrements called habituation and a state-dependent process mediating response increments called sensitization) on visual habituation-dishabituation tasks. (HOD)