Using Computers to Facilitate Visual Thinking: An Analogy between Visual and Verbal Processing.

Rezabek, Landra L.; Ragan, Tillman J.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Using Computers to Facilitate Visual Thinking: An Analogy between Visual and Verbal Processing.

Rezabek, Landra L.; Ragan, Tillman J.

Reading Psychology, v9 n4 p455-67 1988

Explains how computers can offer learners powerful assistance in their acquisition of certain visual thinking skills. Describes the limitations and potential of using computers as tools for visual thinking with links to creative writing activities in a fourth-grade class. (MM)

Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Uses in Education, Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Reading Research, Verbal Learning, Visual Learning, Writing Instruction, Writing Skills

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