Thinking in Visual Images in the Information Age--The Changing Faces of the School.

Eriksson, Gillian

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Publication Date: 1988

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Thinking in Visual Images in the Information Age--The Changing Faces of the School.

Eriksson, Gillian

Gifted Education International, v5 n2 p97-103 1988

Visual literacy encompasses the ability to generate and make use of visual images to develop or clarify ideas, as a tool both for conveying information and for creative expression. The usefulness of visual thinking in study skills, problem solving, and living in an increasingly visual society is stressed. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Creative Expression, Elementary Secondary Education, Imagery, Information Transfer, Skill Development, Social Influences, Visual Learning, Visual Literacy, Visualization

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