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Peer reviewedWilliams, Thomas R. – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1993
Uses a brief fictional narrative to discuss how visual media frequently offer a superior alternative to prose for the communication of some kinds of information, specifically, to describe; represent abstract structures; convey spatial relationships; provide a meaningful context for unfamiliar information; assist readers in their attempts to solve…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Graphic Arts, Graphs, Higher Education
Download full textNemoianu, Anca M. – 1992
Journal writing on literary topics is an ideal activity in a classroom that emphasizes the transformational role of education, bringing together the creation of meaning between the reader and the text on the one hand, and on the other hand, the creation of expressive or reflexive writing. An activity, in a freshman literature and writing class for…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cultural Influences, English (Second Language), Freshman Composition
