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Denton, Craig L. – 1982
Lines are elemental design devices that provide the primary structure for visual expressions in printed media. Gestalt principles of perception emphasize the role of the viewer, so the energy of the lines and the commercial viability of a particular design depend upon the designer's and photojournalist's understanding of both the viewer's…
Descriptors: Audiences, Commercial Art, Design, Graphic Arts
Cyrus, Michael L. – 1978
This report reviews the literature as it relates to the use of platform motion systems in flight simulators for flying training. Motion is discussed in terms of its effect on compensatory, pursuit, and precognitive tasks, within both the simulator and transfer contexts. Although both skilled and unskilled behaviors are addressed, the former are…
Descriptors: Aircraft Pilots, Flight Training, Literature Reviews, Military Training
Preston, Kathleen – 1977
It was hypothesized that high visual imagery is a liability during acquisition periods and an asset during consolidation periods of Piaget's stages of concrete and formal operations. It was also hypothesized that at all ages high imagery would be related to performance on a "spatial egocentrism" task. A sample consisting of 195 children…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary School Students
Snodgrass, Joan Gay – 1979
A model was developed to account for similarities and differences between picture and word processing in a variety of semantic and episodic memory tasks. The model contains three levels of processing: low-level processing of the physical characteristics of externally presented pictures and words; an intermediate level where the low-level processor…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Memory
Optometric Extension Program, Duncan, OK. – 1967
The diagnosis and treatment of early learning problems and their relation to visual development is the subject of a series of 12 articles. The optometric viewpoint expressed is that vision is learned. A child's method of organizing his world, and manifestations of his disorganized behavior, including poor early academic achievement, probably…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Care, Educational Problems, Learning Disabilities
Taylor, Arthur M. – 1970
The reports of eight studies testing the effects of elaboration on the learning of children are compiled in this document. Mental elaboration is "thinking while learning" which occurs as the learner actively adds context to the material he is asked to process. Supplied elaboration, included in these studies, occurs when the learner is provided…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Elementary School Students, Learning Processes
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Levin, Joel R.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1978
High and low achievers listened to 20 sentences under imagery or repetition instructions. The next day, learning was assessed by multiple choice items in which correct alternatives were stated in either verbatim or synonym form, and incorrect alternatives contained either familiar or new words. Implications for test construction were discussed.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Multiple Choice Tests
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Gustafsson, Jan-Eric – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1978
The effects of imagery instructions on fifth-graders with differing abilities were examined through within-class analysis and analysis in which class effects were allowed to have influence. In the latter analysis there were significant Aptitude X Treatment interactions with subscores derived from paired-associate tasks. Interactions were…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Data Analysis, Foreign Countries
Eriksson, Gillian – Gifted Education International, 1988
Visual literacy encompasses the ability to generate and make use of visual images to develop or clarify ideas, as a tool both for conveying information and for creative expression. The usefulness of visual thinking in study skills, problem solving, and living in an increasingly visual society is stressed. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Creative Expression, Elementary Secondary Education
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Reyes, Laurie Hart; Padilla, Michael J. – Science Teacher, 1985
Examines recent data on sex-related differences in science and mathematics achievement, discussing meta-analyses findings on attitudes, career choice, life/physical science preferences, and motivation. Indicates that spatial visualization appears to be very important and that girls more often attribute success to luck rather than skill. (DH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
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Mumaw, Randall J.; Pellegrino, James W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
An information-processing model was tested for a laboratory visualization task that represents one adaptation of a standardized spatial ability test. The pattern of results suggests that individual differences are a function of differences in the accuracy and/or quality of the mental representation, not just speed of processing. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Encoding (Psychology), Error Patterns
Cohen, Nitsa – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
The transformation of a solid to its net is based on something quite different from simple perceptual impression. It is a mental operation performed by manipulating mental images. The aim of this study was to observe pre-service and in-service teachers' ability to visualize the transformation of a curved solid to its net and vice versa, and to try…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Visualization, Visual Perception, Mathematical Concepts
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (DOC), Rockville, MD. – 2002
This activity is designed to teach about topographic maps and bathymetric charts. Students are expected to create a topographic map from a model landform, interpret a simple topographic map, and explain the difference between topographic and bathymetric maps. The activity provides learning objectives, a list of needed materials, key vocabulary…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Earth Science, Lesson Plans, Map Skills
Duval, Raymond – 1999
This paper focuses on some main distinctions that are necessary to analyze mathematical knowledge from a learning point of view and explain how many students come up against difficulties at each level of the curriculum. From a learning point of view, visualization cannot be used as an immediate and obvious support for understanding, even though it…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Medina, Afonso Celso; Gerson, Helena B. P.; Sorby, Sheryl A. – 1998
Three-dimensional visualization skills are critically important to success in engineering careers. Unfortunately, studies have shown that the 3-D spatial visualization skills of women engineering students lag significantly behind those of their male counterparts. This paper examines gender differences in background and in visualization ability for…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Engineering Education, Females, Foreign Countries
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