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ERIC Number: EJ374939
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Thinking in Visual Images in the Information Age--The Changing Faces of the School.
Eriksson, Gillian
Gifted Education International, v5 n2 p97-103 1988
Visual literacy encompasses the ability to generate and make use of visual images to develop or clarify ideas, as a tool both for conveying information and for creative expression. The usefulness of visual thinking in study skills, problem solving, and living in an increasingly visual society is stressed. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Creative Expression, Elementary Secondary Education, Imagery, Information Transfer, Skill Development, Social Influences, Visual Learning, Visual Literacy, Visualization
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Information Age; Visual Communication Education; Visual Thinking