Is One Picture Worth One Thousand Words?.

Poage, Melvin; Poage, Esther G.

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Publication Date: 1977

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Is One Picture Worth One Thousand Words?

Poage, Melvin; Poage, Esther G.

Arithmetic Teacher, 24, 5, 408-414, May 77

Performance on assessment items using pictures to describe or state the problem situation was found to be less than performance on items testing similar content without pictures. These problems are analyzed; possible explanations and a review the related research literature are included. (SD)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Instruction, Learning, Manipulative Materials, Mathematics Education, Pictorial Stimuli, Research Reviews (Publications), Testing, Transfer of Training

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