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Peer reviewedPurnell, Kenneth N.; Solman, Robert T. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1991
Presents five experiments examining the use of illustrations in the comprehension of technical material by students of good to very good reading ability. Concludes that technical content which lends itself to presentation as an illustration will be comprehended better as an illustration than as text and will be comprehended best of all if…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Foreign Countries, Geography, Illustrations
