Recent research on visual imagery mnemonic techniques is compared to research in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Results of recent research are discussed in terms of practical implications for education. (Author/MH)

Seventy percent of the children (non-conservers in length) who had to respond to length equality as opposed to inequality made the correct invariance judgment and could characterize their choices in invariance language, while still failing the standard verbal task in which the experimenter used such phrases. (Author/SJL)

Investigated relationships between the Kaufman Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised factors, Wide-Range Achievement Test (WRAT) scores, and visual-motor maturation in children referred because of school-related problems. Results indicated significant correlations between Verbal Comprehension and Reading, Spelling, and Arithmetic…

Young children drew two opaque objects placed one behind the other. Over two-thirds of the children drew the objects separately in horizontal or vertical relationships. When drawing an object in a glass beaker, half of the children depicted the object vertically or horizontally separate from the beaker. (Author/DB)

Investigated scoring agreement among three different training levels of Visual Motor Integration Test (VMI) diagnosticians. Correlational data demonstrated high interexaminer reliabilities; however, there were gross errors in precision after raw scores had been converted into VMI age equivalent scores. (Author/RC)

Presents a rationale for studying the visual language of film. Reports on three studies that suggest some tentative answers concerning the manipulation of film and some promising approaches to the study of the medium. (RL)

A diagnostic prescriptive approach using the overhead projector in visual perception and perceptual motor activities is described for 11 deaf multiply handicapped behavior disordered students (9 to 12 years old). (CL)

Describes an investigation comparing visual and auditory clues effect on estimates of speakers' heights and weights, to determine if voice alone conveys as much information as visual clues. The results indicate that the differences between estimates based on photographs and those based on speech recordings are, on the average, very small.…

Stereoscopic photo activities for students are described for the purpose of motivating students in earth science. Included also is the necessary equipment for obtaining the three-dimensional effect. (SA)

A study involving 120 second-grade students with deficiencies in visual perceptual skills was designed to determine the effects of a vision training program on reading test performance. Students receiving vision training did significantly better in tests measuring reading comprehension and word recognition skills than did students who did not…

The results showed that accuracy depended on both stimulus complexity, modality, and mental age, regardless of whether or not the Ss were retarded. The selection of haptic search styles also depended on these factors but, in addition, was influenced by the intellectual status of the children. (Author/DLS)

Designed to determine the effects of multiple and linear imagery on performance of a visual location task, this study also considered whether scores on such a task were affected by the interaction of presentation mode (multiple and linear imagery) and perceptual type (haptic and visual). (Author/JEG)

Analyzes third grade children's performance on the Mueller-Lyer Illusion for whole and partial presentations of the figure. Results do not support Piaget's theory of perceptual development but are consistent with the theory of simultaneous and successive syntheses. (Author/BH)

Three experiments were performed using an aperture-viewing technique to assess the accuracy of shape perception when subjects were required to emit eye movements in order to pick up shape information, compared with the accuracy of shape perception when subjects were not required to emit eye movements. All three experiments explored whether the…

In the experiment reported here, dyslexic children are compared with controls in their processing of single digits. The rationale for the present study relates to a concern to identify if there are specifically unique aspects of how dyslexic children process visual information. (Author)