A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words...If You Know the Words.

Hittleman, Daniel R.

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ERIC Number: EJ327193

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Publication Date: 1985

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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words...If You Know the Words.

Hittleman, Daniel R.

Childhood Education, v62 n1 p32-36 Sep-Oct 1985

Describes six types of illustrations most frequently used in elementary-level content area texts. Presents ideas to teachers for effectively using illustrations to support children's learning and to develop children's abilities to verbalize the information acquired from illustrations. (DST)

Descriptors: Charts, Children, Content Analysis, Content Area Reading, Cues, Diagrams, Elementary Education, Freehand Drawing, Graphs, Illustrations, Learning Disabilities, Maps, Memorization, Photographs, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Reading Strategies, Visual Aids, Visual Learning

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Language: English

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