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ERIC Number: EJ307791
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Children Communication in Cinematic Codes: Effects on Cognitive Skills.
Tidhar, Chava E.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v76 n5 p957-65 Oct 1984
Eighty-seven fifth graders in Israel were randomly assigned to four different filmmaking courses, covering photography only, scenario design and photography, editing and photography, or all three activities. Filmmaking had a significant effect on the cultivation of eight mental skills. The editing activity cultivated four logical inference skills. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Film Production, Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Photography, Spatial Ability, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Film Editing; Israel; Scenario Writing
Note: Research funded by the Spencer Foundation. Article based on a doctoral dissertation, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.