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Peer reviewedThreadgill, Audrey – Reading World, 1977
Discusses briefly ten children's books, each of which deals with one of the following themes: nudity, violence, natural functions, street language, alternate life styles, drugs, homosexuality, antiestablishment, abortion, and premarital sex. (JM)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedAlexander, Lloyd – New Advocate, 1988
Contends that fantasy always includes at least one element of the impossible, one element that goes against the laws of the physical universe as currently understood. Suggests that fantasy can help in learning the most fundamental skill of all--how to be human. (MS)
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Fairy Tales, Fantasy
Peer reviewedKing, Alison – Journal of Experimental Education, 1986
The effects of realism on child and adult memory for computergraphics were examined. Recognition of images showed an unusual pattern of decline over time with the initial advantage for realistic and abstract computergraphics disappearing at a week's delay, while recognition for linear image was superior to that of realistic and abstract.…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Computer Graphics, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMcGillis, R. F. – Children's Literature in Education, 1986
Offers a stimulating discussion of fancy and reality in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." (HOD)
Descriptors: Characterization, Childrens Literature, Fantasy, Humor
Download full textKlein, Jeanne M. – 2002
To explore media theories of perceived reality regarding factuality, social, and physical realism, and "videocy" (or theatrical spectacle), 32 children in first, third, and fifth grades were individually interviewed after attending a production of "Dinosaurus" which included computer-animated dinosaurs. Contrary to beliefs that…
Descriptors: Animation, Computer Uses in Education, Dinosaurs, Drama
Van Gendt, Kitty; Verhagen, Plon – 2001
An experiment was conducted to investigate the influence of the variables "realism" and "context" on the performance of biology students on a visual test about the anatomy of a rat. The instruction was primarily visual with additional verbal information like Latin names and practical information about the learning task: dissecting a rat to gain…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Biology, Context Clues, Guidelines
Peer reviewedVan Duyne, P. C. – British Journal of Psychology, 1974
An experiment was performed to determine whether there would be a difference in insight between an inferential problem expressed in a symbolic and in a realistic form. (Editor)
Descriptors: College Students, Diagrams, Language Patterns, Methods
Cannella, Mario – Screen, 1973
A social and historical survey of the themes and economic and political factors involved in primarily Italian neorealist films. (CH)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Beliefs, Film Production Specialists, Film Study
Peer reviewedGyurko, Lanin A. – Hispanic Review, 1972
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Characterization, Literary Styles, Narration
Borello, Rodolfo A. – Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos, 1972
Descriptors: Characterization, Hispanic American Literature, Historical Criticism, Nineteenth Century Literature
Rodgers, Eamonn – Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos, 1972
Special issue dedicated to the works of Pio Baroja. (DS)
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Characterization, Literary Styles, Motifs
Peer reviewedJohnson, P. N.; And Others – British Journal of Psychology, 1972
Experiment to determine whether the use of realistic materials would improve performance in a deceptive reasoning problem. (Authors)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Data Analysis, Deduction, Logical Thinking
Peer reviewedVillavicencio, Laura N. – Hispania, 1971
Descriptors: Characterization, Impressionistic Criticism, Literary Styles, Naturalism
Peer reviewedGoodale, Hope K. – Hispanic Review, 1971
Descriptors: Characterization, Drama, Literary Influences, Literary Perspective
Peer reviewedO'Toole, L. M. – Slavonic and East European Review, 1971
Descriptors: Fiction, Formal Criticism, Literary Styles, Nineteenth Century Literature
