Examines the effect of redundant verbal and pictorial cues upon the recall and retention of a technical vocabulary dealing with the human circulatory system. Deaf students are used. Visual mediation is found to have strongly positive affective and cognitive benefits. (Author/MA)

Describes a lecture teaching technique called lap-dissolve projection in which two slide projectors are operated alternately so that one visual image fades away while the next appears on the same screen area. (MLH)

Discusses the use of lap-dissolve projection to give students pre-laboratory instruction on an upcoming experiment. In this technique, two slide projectors are operated alternately so that one visual image fades away while the next appears on the same screen area. (MLH)

Describes a bilingual approach to language learning where students learn to handle comparative "analogical language" between both languages using a series of picture cards which must have a one-to-one relationship with the oral language. (HOD)

Depending on the type of DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) the user wants to create (data, multimedia, PC video, or Hollywood movies) the specs and development tools are totally different. Reviews of DVD-Video and DVD-ROM authoring tools are provided. (AEF)

Discusses three potential problems in the application of virtual history: (1) extrapolation; (2) critical analysis; and (3) the danger of using it as wishful thinking. Offers comparative history as a possible alternative way to overcome virtual history outcomes. (KDR)

Presents an enriched video metadata framework including video authorization using the Video Annotation and Summarization Tool (VAST)-a video metadata authorization system that integrates both semantic and visual metadata-- metadata integration, and user level applications. Results demonstrated that the enriched metadata were seamlessly…

Investigated the effectiveness of three types of vocabulary annotations on vocabulary learning for English-as-a-Foreign-Language college students: the annotation only, text plus picture, and text plus picture and sound. Determined whether learners with certain perceptual learning styles benefitted more from a particular type of vocabulary…

Uses Muybridge's sequence of photos of a moving cat to examine how one might picture changes in the cat's velocity. Classroom implications include building on personally enacted physical experience and recognizing uncertainty as fundamental. Concludes that carefully examined case examples are essential in teaching students to learn and reason…

Discusses how semantic mapping can be used in educating students who are deaf or hard of hearing by making important concepts visual and by helping students find connections among ideas and subject areas. Examples are given of how semantic mapping can be used to teach science and mathematics. (CR)

Presents new visual datasets with an introduction to some of the visual-learning strategies along with their use in undergraduate courses. Proactive design of visual-learning experiences within the biology curriculum is urged. (AIM)

A study examined the effect of using graphic organizers (GOs) with 24 middle school students with learning disabilities to convey and cue relational knowledge. On written essays that required application, the GOs group provided significantly more relational knowledge statements than students in the group without GOs. (Contains references.)…

Focuses on the use of visual historical images, such as old photographs, as a means to interpret the history of education. Offers examples of photographs to examine past school practices and educational ideologies. Concludes that history in the present is always composed of its relationship to its past. (MER)

Suggests a variety of class activities analyzing the language used in French-language advertisements. (MSE)

Discusses a visual case processing method using metaphors and drawings as a holistic and creative way of conceptualizing and presenting cases in counseling supervision sessions. Presents specific guidelines for metaphor-based visual case processing and drawing to illustrate the procedure and provide examples of counselor trainees' reactions to the…