A method of teaching students how to recognize when zeros are necessary and when they may be omitted is presented. (MP)

Describes a technique of using the collage in teaching single paragraph and experiential writing. The collage is an exciting motivational device that helps students express their thoughts first in pictures and later in words. (CMV)

Emphasizes how to choose visuals that will best illustrate ideas or relationships in teaching science, when to present real objects, and how to use pictures in assessing children's comprehension. A review of literature related to this topic is included. (SA)

This study, to determine whether complexity of detail, scale, and background help subjects to learn technical information, demonstrated no significant difference between groups. One group used the existing self-contained learning package with many complex visuals; the other group used lessons identical in the audio portion but containing…

Describes the use of the "cultoon," an informative cartoon depicting some aspect of a culture, to develop cultural understanding. (AM)

Describes the use of advertisements in language instruction, with particular attention to the language of advertisements, including the conative and emotive functions, linguistic shock, translation, humor, and cultural information. (AM)

Bulletin boards in language classrooms can be highly motivating learning activities. Examples are given here of several activities used successfully at beginning and intermediate levels of Spanish in secondary schools. (CHK)

Discusses uses of scanning (process of copying or converting text, images, and objects into information that the computer can recognize and manipulate) in schools and notes possible desktop publishing projects. Describes popular scanners and ways to edit a scanned image. A sidebar gives costs and telephone numbers for nine scanners. (AEF)

Investigates students' conceptions and misconceptions relating to the construction of graphs. Qualitative analysis of students' responses identified three main alternative conceptions. Quantitative analyses of the data indicated that overall students did not enter the learning situation as a tabula rasa. Discusses the theoretical and practical…

Describes a lesson plan that instructs third graders to use graphs. Explains learning objectives, motivating students, conducting a class activity that includes graph construction, and concluding and evaluating the lesson. Lists materials needed. (GG)

Reviews video programs and film materials for the teaching of mechanics. Describes 13 videos of the Open University. Discusses other resources of visual materials. (YP)

Images as a multi-faceted topic were used to teach an introductory course in Technological Studies. Widely differing thought patterns between the liberal arts and technologists were observed and are described. The syllabus is found in an appendix. (Author/YP)

In a broad institutional planning exercise, Ramapo College (New Jersey) used charts to analyze the state of the college and brought in a theater and set designer to help assess the institutional context for its work. The technique has been used to explore organizational patterns in staff utilization, curriculum design and organization, space…

A Particulate Nature of Matter Evaluation Tests was used to explore the effect of computer animations depicting the particulate nature of matter on (n=400) college students' mental models and comprehension of chemical phenomena. Treatment groups received significantly higher conceptual understanding scores than did the control group. (30…

Presents activities focusing on the use of visual perspectivity. Includes reproducible student worksheets. (MKR)