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Roberts, Kathryn L.; Norman, Rebecca R.; Duke, Nell K.; Morsink, Paul; Martin, Nicole M.; Knight, Jennifer A. – Reading Teacher, 2013
The Common Core State Standards place unprecedented emphasis on visual text--appropriately so, as visual components are increasingly ubiquitous in many kinds of text. This shift in emphasis requires substantial changes in our teaching. Concepts of print need to be expanded to include concepts of graphics, and specific graphical devices, such as…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, Visual Perception, Printed Materials
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Dearing, James W.; Meyer, Gary – Science Communication, 1994
Presents and demonstrates three new concepts in innovation diffusion: the attribution matrix, the innovation profile, and the potential for adoption rating that determines which among similar innovations is most likely to be adopted. This predictive model represents a means of conducting formative evaluation research about the potential for…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Diffusion (Communication), Formative Evaluation, Innovation
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Kleinman, Edward B.; Dwyer, Francis M. – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1999
Describes a study of undergraduates that examined the effect of specific visual skills on academic achievement and on the achievement of different levels of educational objectives. Discusses color and learning objectives, considers computerized analysis of visual skills, presents results of statistical analyses, and suggests implications for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Color, Computer Uses in Education
Van House, Nancy A.; Childers, Thomas A. – 1993
The purpose of the Public Library Effectiveness Study was to define effectiveness for the public library institution. The research was designed not to measure effectiveness or evaluate particular libraries or groups of libraries, but rather to identify the feature or features of a public library that most directly attest to its effectiveness. The…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research
Samet, Carolyn; Wright, Jerauld B. – 1978
A study was conducted to (1) review state board of education procedures used in assuring that local advisory councils (LACs) are being used in preparing local plans; (2) develop a profile of LACs created to advise on 1978 plans; and (3) discover how LACs regard their role in local plan development for North Carolina vocational education in local…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Age, Community Colleges, Federal Regulation