The television department at Kansas State School for the Deaf developed video tapes and other aids for a group of vocational education students, fifteen- 20-year-olds, as a means of teaching basic vocational skills. (IM)

This study focuses on the effects of map display and modality on learning geographical maps in a computer-based environment. Participants were randomly assigned to four versions of a computer program created by crossing two levels of map display (hypertext vs. rollover) with two levels of modality (audio vs. audio and text). Results showed that…

Nonverbal learning disorders are less common than the typical language-based learning disabilities identified by school staff. Appropriate intervention is highly dependent on the accurate diagnosis of this disorder. Emphasis on performance and behavior management often obscures the etiology of a child's difficulties and leads to ineffective…

Description of a study testing for retention of visual material identified as being familiar or unfamiliar to the subjects. (HB)

A discussion of television as a technological device used to teach reading both inside and outside of the classroom. (Author/HB)

An investigation into the relationships between typography, communication and learning. (HB)

An attempt to isolate possible effects of the application of visual reminders on learning by TV. The underlying assumption was that learning by means of television and other visual media can be enhanced by methodically applying visual reminders. (Author)

Article describes a method to effectively organize new courses of instruction or reorganize existing courses of instruction in higher education. (Author/HB)

Results showed that kindergarten children remember best under conditions in which both verbal and nonverbal stimulus cues are available. (Author)

Offers various ways in which children with learning disabilities can be helped. (RB)

The label "cognitive" has been used to designate five substantially different approaches to the study of learning disabilities: information processing, metacognition, genetic epistemology, cognitive behavior modification, and the specific abilities model. (Author)

The effects of matching, or mismatching, third-year medical students by cognitive style and instructional mode were studied. Following an instructional period, students were administered an inventory of instruction, a simulation game, and a multiple-choice posttest. Results showed few effects favoring matching cognitive style with instructional…

Explores cognitive mapping as a strategy for understanding school people's ideas about school restructuring, describing a study of mapping restructuring and illustrating it with two teachers' cognitive maps about how the process of restructuring should occur. The paper also discusses the implications of cognitive mapping for school restructuring…