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Peer reviewedDwyer, Francis M. – Reading Psychology, 1988
Argues that the use of visuals specifically designed to complement printed instruction can significantly improve student achievement of certain types of educational objectives, but that visualization itself represents only a mild rehearsal strategy which will not always optimize student achievement of the more complex levels of learning. (RS)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Prior Learning, Reading Research, Schemata (Cognition)
Peer reviewedCurtiss, Deborah – Reading Psychology, 1988
Describes a college teaching experience in which active visual analysis (hands-on deconstruction of visual statements to their constituent elements and principles) had an unblocking effect on concomitant writing assignments. Suggests that students can improve both verbal and visual articulateness when modes of perceiving and thinking are used…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reading Research, Teaching Methods, Verbal Learning
