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DeMelo, Hermes T.; And Others – 1981
This study of 96 high school biology students investigates the effectiveness of visual instruction composed of simple line drawings and printed words as compared to printed-words-only instruction, visual tests, and the interaction between visual or non-visual mode of instruction and mode of testing. The subjects were randomly assigned to be given…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Decoding (Reading), Imagery, Instructional Materials
Hurt, Jeffry A. – Educational Communication and Technology Journal, 1987
Describes study of undergraduates conducted to test the effectiveness of illustrations in texts, based on two hypotheses concerned with the differences between analogical and literal illustrations in serving two specific instructional functions and ways in which male and female students utilize illustrations. Results are analyzed, and…
Descriptors: Analogy, Analysis of Variance, Cartoons, Comparative Analysis
