Information technology (IT) has the potential to improve the clinical learning environment. The extent to which IT enhances or detracts from healthcare professionals' role performance can be expected to affect both student learning and patient outcomes. This study evaluated nursing students' satisfaction with a novel compartmental Picture…

Visualizing parts, meaning interpreting the views of an object which has been represented in a drawing, is a fundamental skill in engineering. However, learning deficiencies and difficulties have been observed among engineering undergraduates, and there is a high failure rate in drawing courses. In order to determine the origin of these…

There is mounting evidence that language comprehension involves the activation of mental imagery of the content of utterances (Barsalou, 1999; Bergen, Chang, & Narayan, 2004; Bergen, Narayan, & Feldman, 2003; Narayan, Bergen, & Weinberg, 2004; Richardson, Spivey, McRae, & Barsalou, 2003; Stanfield & Zwaan, 2001; Zwaan, Stanfield, & Yaxley, 2002).…

Analogies can be powerful teaching tools because they can make abstract material intelligible to students by comparing it to material with which the students are already familiar. In this study, the authors interviewed 43 students to determine the specific ways they use analogies to learn and function in their biochemistry classes. They found that…

We propose an extension of the Teaching Machine project, called Quiz Generator, that allows instructors to produce assessment quizzes in the field of algorithm and data structures quite easily. This extension makes use of visualization techniques and is based on new features of the Teaching Machine that allow third-party visualizers to be added as…

Examined relationships of nightmare frequency to hypnotic ability, vividness of visual imagery, and the tendency to become absorbed in fantasy-like experiences. Use of Mark's Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire, and Rotenberg and Bowers' Absorption scale showed individuals with frequent nightmares to score higher on hypnotizability,…

Through sports and games, anyone can reach states of extraordinary intensity, and through literature, nonathletes can also approach those states. Literature dramatizes, captures, and preserves the experiences encountered in sport better than any other medium. (MSE)

Students have experiences, during the school year, which enrich their understanding and knowledge of each other. Activities are described to enhance students' abilities to recognize and recall and to provide enjoyable, meaningful memories for students. (CB)

Investigates the role active, self-produced movement might play in the type of rotation task typically used to assess spatial orientation in children 12 months to 18 months of age. Results indicated that, at least at 12 months, spatial orientation was indeed facilitated by allowing the infants (n = 13) to move through space on their own. (RH)

Discusses three experiments which provide evidence for the conclusions that hypermnesia (increased recall with repeated testing) does not depend on the encoding of material in an imaginal format but is related to the level of recall across conditions within an experiment. (EKN)

Examines sources available for developing a theory of visual literacy and attempts to clarify the meaning of the term. Suggests that visual thinking, a concept supported by recent research on mental imagery, visualization, and dual coding, ought to be the emphasis for future theory development. (FL)

Discusses teachers' use of mental imagery and metaphors in classroom planning. Topics include visualizing, analogies, educational technology as metaphor, malapropisms and mixing theoretical metaphors, designing instruction for the acquisition of abstract concepts, and examples of metaphors of novice and experienced teachers. (LRW)