The psychological background of the Carabo-Cone Method of teaching music, which is based on the theory that structured subject matter can be assimilated if translated into a concrete explorable environment is discussed. Comparison is made with other methods (Montessori, Dalcroze, Orff, Suzuki, and Kodaly), and the arrangement of the room as a…

Described in this instructional aid pamphlet is the use of an instructional technology approach known as audible Multi-Imagery (AMI) to achieve some of the broad goals of environmental education. AMI refers to the integral development and display of two or more simultaneously projected visual images either with or in combination with 2 x 2-inch…

Reports on the successful use of a modified Fernald technique with second graders using colored chalk on the blackboard. (MKM)

The theory that an individual's haptic and kinesthetic senses, coupled with the visual and auditory senses, are more efficient in transmitting meaningful information to the brain than using the visual and auditory senses alone was illustrated with a class of 10 handicapped (including emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, and culturally…

Offers background material for teachers and learning activities that are designed to integrate tactile and visual learning for elementary school students. The purpose of the activities is to foster a stronger and more stable understanding of the basic geographical concepts of relative position and direction. (JDH)

Describes the nine modules of the SAVI/SELPH program, a hands-on, multisensory science program developed for grade 4-7 visually impaired, orthopedically disabled, learning disabled, deaf, and multihandicapped students. Modules consist of measurement, structures of life, scientific reasoning, communication, magnetism and electricity, mixtures and…

In this paper we deal with the problem of the genetic relationship between the sensual and the conceptual in knowledge formation. Transcript and videotape analyses of two small groups of a regular Grade 11 mathematics class shed some light on the dialectics between semiotic activity and artefact-mediated kinesthetic actions. The analyses point to…

This paper reviews some theories that through history have explained the process of learning. It also taps some new findings on how the brain learns. Multisensory instruction is a pedagogic strategy that covers the greatest number of individual preferences in the classroom, language laboratories, and multimedia rooms for a constant and diverse…

An experiment testing for the learning differences between students who received BBC radio broadcasts as part of instruction and those whose instruction was based on conventional teacher notes. (HB)

Considers new ways to make foreign language instruction more enjoyable. (Author/RK)

Authors suggest exercises for program beginning at first-grade level. (Editor)

Examined and confirmed were the positive effects on achievement of a multisensory, hands-on review experience at the Kansas Health Museum on the comprehension and application of knowledge and concepts about the human body by sixth-grade students as compared to a classroom review of the same information. (CS)