American Indian students were divided into three treatment groups to test the hypothesis that: the students who receive instruction using visual communications method will do significantly better than the students who receive instruction in the same concepts orally or through reading a text. (JC)

Describes a visual device, borrowed from matrix algebra, which helps students integrate theory, methods, and statistics in sociological research. Data are organized in a rectangular structure, with the columns of variable names representing theory, the rows representing observations whose quality is related to methodological concerns and the need…

Notes that before mapping stories, children may need help in defining story elements, and offers a guide to act as a transition to creating stories. (JC)

Sixteen skilled and 16 learning disabled (LD) readers (ages 11-12) viewed nonsense pictures either without names, with names that emphasized the semantic aspects of the picture, or with names unassociated with the pictorial representation. Results suggested that semantic coding deficits in LD readers were localized to retrieval processes.…

Interplay between visual feedback and lip-positioning skill was studied among 10 normal hearing and 10 hearing impaired children (aged 5 to 14 years). In general, findings showed that, given visually displayed lip-position targets and feedback from positioning actions, children could perform accurately regardless of hearing status or prior…

Describes a procedure for producing and presenting slides as an effective way to teach the interpretation of aerial photographs in the college classroom. (TRS)

Arguing that a well designed graphical display can function as a memory store, this article suggests three principles for the design and use of computer graphics: parsimony, accessibility, and reflection. It is suggested that "progressive graphics" are particularly suited to computer implementation. (Author/MBR)

Three experiments are described which relate to models of infant visual preferences and to the ways in which preferences can be modified or created by habituation. Results suggest that the Banks and Salapatek's contrast sensitivity model can be a powerful predictor of preferential looking in newborns and that preferences based on experience can be…

A visual/spatial nonverbal approach to sentence development for the reading and learning disabled uses pictures, model sentence configurations, and function words. Students are encouraged to contribute their own written language that conforms to the model. Visual and sentence clues provide input to the right brain, encouraging language learning.…

More than 10 years ago, when "Mapping Inner Space" was first published, a few teachers were using this creative technique and teaching it to their students. Today mapping is widely used in schools, universities, and the corporate world, as well. This second edition of the book explores a variety of mapping styles and also takes a fresh look at the…

This paper gives an overview of the Inspiration Software, a package that is designed to facilitate the construction and use of concept maps in the classroom. The first section discusses concept mapping, defined as any graphic production that is constructed specifically to represent knowledge. The following basic functions of Inspiration are then…

Suggests a connection between the perceptual world taken as a system of signs and the system of signs we normally think of as visible language and defends this thesis. (TO)

Speech instruction can be broadened through the use of various types of audiovisual communication. (CH)

In a study which required college students to learn to recognize four flexible plastic shapes photographed on different backgrounds from different angles, the importance of a context-rich environment for the learning and recognition of visual patterns was illustrated. (Author)