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Download full textStorey, Dee – 1994
While literacy is an important part of anyone's education, it should be noted that visual literacy, being able to view, interpret and react to visuals, is just as important for today's population. College students are reluctant at first to take the time to really examine a picture book, whereas youngsters go over and over their favorite books to…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Higher Education, Illustrations
Peer reviewedVandergrift, Kay E.; Platzner, Rebecca; Hannigan, Jane Anne; Dresang, Eliza; Lewis, Anna; Brizendine, Sherry; Watson, Tasha T.; Satchell, Verona – Knowledge Quest, 2000
Describes a collaborative project among three universities to design a visual interpretive analysis, where students analyze a picture book illustration and develop a Web site that explores the contextual meaning and aesthetic appreciation of the illustration. Discusses media literacy, visual literacy, critical thinking, design issues, evaluation…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Critical Thinking, Design Requirements, Evaluation Methods
Ammon, Bette D.; Sherman, Gale W. – 1996
Innovative librarians, teachers, and parents have for years been using picture books with students in grades four and above, including high school and college students. Recent research suggests that many students comprehend better when they are reading meaningful text, with meaningful characters and themes. Picture books are: useful for teaching…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Brown, Neil L.; Montoya, Alicia L. – 1990
A review of literature on the use of wordless picture books to develop language skills is presented as background for the relatively brief description of a project in which wordless picture books were used with Latino children. The project is a collaborative one between Bloomsburg University, Kutztown University, and Thomas Ford Elementary School…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Baca, Judy Clark, Ed.; And Others – 1992
This book of readings consists of selected papers presented under five topics: (1) Research and Theory--18 papers including research on visual effects on attitude and cognition, students of different field dependence levels, modern and postmodern design on reader perceptions of news, effects of gray shades, short-term memory capacity differences,…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Creativity
