The communication of information and ideas is an important and challenging part of any researcher's brief. No matter how learned the argument, if the delivery is muddled or inaudible, the visual aids unclear and the supporting material unavailable then the presentation, and the research, will fail to reach its audience. How much more challenging…

This article addresses the need for systematic and replicable research methods for the examination of student learning using so called interactive whiteboard technologies. As a basis for these methods a model is developed of the cognitive concomitants evident in students' use of these technologies. While interactive whiteboards are shared spaces,…

The purpose of the current study is to expand upon the effectiveness of using Visual Phonics in conjunction with Direct Instruction reading programs (B. J. Trezek & K. W. Malmgren, 2005; B. J. Trezek & Y. Wang, 2006) and to explore the results of utilizing Visual Phonics to supplement another phonics-based reading curriculum for students who are…

People are immersed in visual culture and, therefore, are usually not aware of how power and privilege are enacted and how they operate in works of art from past and present times. Two premises infuse individuals' thinking on visual culture. First, that an activity-based approach to its study seeks to recognize how power and privilege function in…

This study presents the results of a multi-year mixed-methods study of students' performance (n = 94) and experiences (n = 28) with electromagnetics in an elective Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology RF communications course. Data sources used in this study include academic transcripts, course exams, interviews, a learning styles…

Until recently, qualitative research has made limited use of visual sources, particularly visual texts (drawing, painting or photographs), but also including multimodal data (video and web-based) and visual data (tables, graphs, charts, etc.). Thus, discussions of ethics and evidence in this area have lagged behind those related to textual data,…

This essay presents a case study of the modes used in training employees at a munitions plant in Ohio between 1940 and 1945. Theories of multimodal discourse and learning advanced by The New London Group (1996), Gunther Kress and Theo Van Leeuwen (2001) and Richard Mayer (2001) inform this analysis. With an unskilled labor force and many workers…

This paper discusses issues of representation in the use of scientific visualizations, specifically those used for biomedical applications, and the implications of those issues to interface design. Topics addressed include the benefits of research into the generation of virtual simulation (virtual reality) and the importance of realism. (Contains…

Four methods for producing animation in instructional visuals are presented. (HB)

Contains remarks on the designing and introduction of flannel boards, picture cards, picture series, wall picture and photograph series, wall pictures, letter cards, grammar tables and film strips, as well as the use of optical aids from other departments. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Contains a presentation of the advantages of drawing on the blackboard even as compared with technical teaching aids, in certain kinds of oral exercises. Gives examples of planning of exercises from Grades 7 and 8. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Described are procedures for constructing title slides to make a home-made slide presentation look more professional. (PEB)

A discussion of the advantages of using color, rather than black-and-white, visual aids. (HB)

The purpose of this study was to determine the types of emotions elicited from individuals when they viewed anti-smoking posters and to determine the effectiveness of these posters in inhibiting or preventing smoking. College students were asked to evaluate ten anti-smoking posters according to their emotive response to them: 1) anger, 2) fear, 3)…