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Prist, Wayne F. – Catholic Library World, 1982
This essay focuses on the process of learning, discussing television viewing and written language in terms of discursive (words) and nondiscursive (art forms) symbolism. Libraries' use of these symbolic forms is also discussed. (EJS)
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Symbolic Learning, Television Viewing, Visual Learning
Hershenson, M.; Price, K. P. – Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1973
Questions processes involved in physical matching task when stimuli are presented for duration short enough to prevent physical scanning. Research supported by U.S. Public Health Service. (DS)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Learning Processes, Psychological Studies, Recall (Psychology)
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McLeskey, James – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
The influence of verbal and written labels on selective attention to visual materials was examined with retarded children. Under treatment conditions, retarded and normal children located an object more quickly, looked at it longer, and recognized more objects on a recognition-memory task. These results may be applied to materials development.…
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Attention Control, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
Kampwirth, Thomas J.; Bates, Marion – Academic Therapy, 1980
The article reviews 22 studies concerned with learning disabled children under 10 years old in which there was a clear attempt to compare auditory and visual modality preferenes to visual and/or auditory methods of teaching words or other written verbal symbols. (PHR)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities