The Use of the Picture Potency Formula in Selecting Pictures to Stimulate Stories.

Samson, Karen Margolis; Wescott, Alice Legenza

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Publication Date: 1983

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The Use of the Picture Potency Formula in Selecting Pictures to Stimulate Stories.

Samson, Karen Margolis; Wescott, Alice Legenza

Reading Improvement, v20 n2 p146-50 Sum 1983

Reports on a study to validate the use of the Picture Potency Formula for predicting the extent to which pictures will stimulate story production. Twenty-four children were asked to tell stories about pictures rated by the formula as being high, medium, and low potency pictures. Discusses potential uses for the formula. (FL)

Descriptors: Child Language, Classroom Communication, Elementary Education, Illustrations, Language Acquisition, Language Skills, Oral Language, Pictorial Stimuli, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Story Telling, Validity

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Language: English

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