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ERIC Number: EJ394188
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
The Effect of Visual and Verbal Modes of Presentation on Children's Retention of Images and Words.
Vasu, Ellen Storey; Howe, Ann C.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v26 n5 p401-07 May 1989
Investigates the additive memory effect of two modes of presenting information to elementary children on the retention of both images and words. Children represented more information in pictorial than in verbal form. The visual-verbal treatment group scored higher on most of both verbal and pictorial responses than the visual treatment group. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Imagery, Learning Strategies, Retention (Psychology), Science Instruction, Verbal Learning, Verbal Stimuli, Verbal Tests, Visual Learning, Visual Stimuli
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Mode of Representation