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ERIC Number: EJ327193
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words...If You Know the Words.
Hittleman, Daniel R.
Childhood Education, v62 n1 p32-36 Sep-Oct 1985
Describes six types of illustrations most frequently used in elementary-level content area texts. Presents ideas to teachers for effectively using illustrations to support children's learning and to develop children's abilities to verbalize the information acquired from illustrations. (DST)
Descriptors: Charts, Children, Content Analysis, Content Area Reading, Cues, Diagrams, Elementary Education, Freehand Drawing, Graphs, Illustrations, Learning Disabilities, Maps, Memorization, Photographs, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Reading Strategies, Visual Aids, Visual Learning
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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