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Goodwin, Nancy – English Journal, 1983
Explains how insights on the nature of consciousness can be applied to the teaching of English. (JL)
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Processes, English Instruction, Epistemology
Gerler, Edwin R., Jr. – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1980
Mental imagery, a factor in learning and fantasy, can be used in multimodal career education programs to aid students in speculation about their futures. This multimodal approach addresses areas of human functioning such as behavior, affect, sensation, imagery, cognition, interpersonal relations, and physiology. (Author/CC)
Descriptors: Career Education, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Fantasy
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Hortin, John A.; Baily, Gerald D. – Reading Improvement, 1983
Discusses the value of making students visually literate. Stresses the technique of visual rehearsal and offers suggestions for incorporating visual rehearsal activities into the classroom. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Visual Learning
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Presmeg, Norma C. – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1986
Identifying the strengths of visual processing in high school mathematics is considered. The development of an instrument to assess mathematical processing is described. Then the kinds of visual imagery found in children in England and Natal are presented, along with difficulties and benefits experienced by visualizers. (MNS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Mathematics Instruction, Research Tools
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Nakaji, David M. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1991
By carefully watching and listening to his students explain how they solved simple physics problems, one college instructor gained insight into how students visualize problems and developed techniques to help students change perspective more easily. Student metacognitive skills, student confidence, and student-teacher communication have also…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement
Hill, Charles H. – 1986
Educators are beginning to call attention to the failure to integrate right-brain, intuitive, holistic, visual processes into the curriculum. Approaches to right-brain education have characteristically called for the use of slow music, visual imagery, and relaxation techniques. Suggested principles for teaching basic skills include the facts that…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education
Woodson, Linda – Freshman English News, 1983
Argues that paragraph form congruent with the patterns and habits of thinking develops from the writer's sensitivity to the impact of visual images on the reader's mind. (MM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation
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Roberts, Nancy M. – Reading Improvement, 1983
Argues that imagery can play an important part in a variety of academic subjects. Provides instructions concerning the method by which imagery can be used in such diverse fields as the development of social skills, the identification of interests and career areas, and creative productivity. (FL)
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Processes, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education
Weaver, Richard L., II; Cotrell, Howard W. – 1985
Intended for teachers and others interested in exploring and cultivating the processes of mental imagery, this annotated bibliography includes citations from scholarly journals, popular magazines, doctoral dissertations, works on learning disabilities, and how-to books. The following topics are included among the entries listed in the paper: (1)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Eidetic Imagery
John-Steiner, Vera – 1985
In an attempt to find out more about how creative people engage in thinking, more than 50 men and women considered to be prominant in the humanities, the arts, and the sciences were interviewed. Letters, diaries and autobiographies of other creative individuals were examined in an effort to provide a broad base for studying the psychology of…
Descriptors: Art, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Creative Thinking
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Lord, Thomas R. – Science Teacher, 1987
Upholds the importance and need for including visuo-spatial skill exercises in science lessons. Provides suggestions for improving students' visualization skills and reviews the approaches that have been successful with students who were poor in visual skills. (ML)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Instructional Improvement, Perceptual Development, Science Education
Martin, Anna C. – 1991
Different effects of instructional strategies on recall and comprehension of terms frequently used in formal analysis of art were examined. The study looked at a synthesis of three theoretical positions: dual-coding theory, schema theory, and elaboration theory. Two-hundred and fifty sixth-grade students were randomly assigned to three groups:…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Educational Experiments
Walker, Alice D., Ed.; And Others – 1984
This document includes 46 papers presented at the International Visual Literacy Association Conference on topics ranging from prehistoric cave paintings to technology of the future. Major sections are devoted to research and theory, education, computer technology, and phototherapy. Emphasis is on increased understanding of opportunities available…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Computer Oriented Programs
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Weltzl-Fairchild, Andrea – Canadian Review of Art Education: Research and Issues, 1995
Maintains that research indicates that age is the primary factor influencing aesthetic response. Reports on a study of aesthetic preferences among 24 students at ages 8, 10, and 12. Finds that response style was a more significant factor than age. (CFR)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Aesthetics, Art Education, Art Teachers
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Hershkowitz, Rina; Markovits, Zvia – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Describes the Agam program, a 36-unit curriculum program to introduce students to basic visual concepts and that applies visual abilities and visual thinking to learning tasks. Describes two units at the third grade level, "Ratio and Proportion" and "Numerical Intuition," and makes observations of the students' learning. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Concept Formation