Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2009. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 48-02, page: .

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1943. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 114-115).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1968. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 69-70).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Louisville, 2009. / Department of English. Vita. "August 2009." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 140-152).

M.Ed. / The research problem addressed in this project focuses on the role of pictorial information in reading comprehension of grade six pupils in rural primary schools in the Northern Province. The investigation was carried out with the aim of identifying and exploring the possible influence pictures might have in helping to contextualise the reading text. The inquiry was conducted by means of a quasi experimental design study, which included both quantitative and qualitative methods for data collection. The research population was divided into experimental and control groups. The over-riding rationale which initiated the investigation came about as a result of the observation that young children are able to interpret and understand television programmes communicated to them through the medium of second languages. Teaching reading comprehension to pupils in a rural environment was assumed to need additional teaching and learning media than the teacher's oral instruction plus the verbal text to help pupils to contextualise and understand the written text. The hypothesis underlying the study is that the use of pictures in reading comprehension can improve pupils' reading performance as well as facilitate the learning of English second language within a particular context at the same time. The literature review in this investigation was confined to the role of schema or background knowledge in relation to understanding of reading content and also a brief review of socio-cultural influences on the reading process. The literature review stresses the pedagogical significance of relevant schema and culturally based reading text as well as the role of pictorial information assisting text comprehension. Data collection took place in the classroom set-up. The data were collected from three major sources namely test scores, interviews and observation. The investigation indicated that there appeared to be some positive relationships between the use of pictures in reading comprehension and reading performance for grade six pupils in the experimental group. The findings of the investigation can be used as a stepping stone towards implementing communicative teaching strategies as well.

Two non-traditional picture related methods of instruction were developed for this study: a picture-oriented method and an altered-pictures method. They were designed to determine whether either method was more effective than traditional content area instruction in helping students to remember and understand social studies text. In addition to the immediate effects on text comprehension and recall, the delayed effects of these two pictorial methods were examined. Also investigated were the effects of individual imagery ability and gender on a student's potential to profit from such methods. The teachers giving conventional instruction focused students' attention on the text passages only, although pictures did accompany the text. In the picture-oriented method of instruction teachers directed attention to both pictures and text, developing picture/text integration. Finally, teachers using the altered-pictures method of instruction discussed the meaning of mnemonically recodable elements which had been added to the pictures. In both the grade 8 and 11 samples the two experimental groups outperformed the conventional groups on measures of immediate and delayed recall. For the grade 8 sample, it was found that the altered-pictures method of instruction resulted in superior recall compared not only to that level of recall produced by the conventional method but also to that produced by the other experimental method (picture-oriented). In addition, when considering immediate with delayed performance two weeks after instruction, the grade 11 students who received the altered-pictures instruction outperformed the conventional group. For both grade samples, an additional finding was that males outperformed females in their overall recall (both immediate and delayed measures) regardless of imagery ability or type of instruction received. At both grade levels, no particular type of instruction was of benefit to one gender more than to the other, and students of high or low imagery ability were able to profit similarly from all forms of instruction. / Education, Faculty of / Language and Literacy Education (LLED), Department of / Graduate

The purpose of this study is to provide a compiled list of Louisiana primary motion pictures and their locations for the Louisiana primary teachers.

That motion pictures are effective stimulators of the mind is a fact which seems to be generally accepted by many people. In accepting this belief school administrators have wisely turned to the sound film as an aid in teaching. However the question at once arises concerning the manner in which this program is to be put into practice. Furthermore can the results of this type of program be evaluated? In the ensuing pages will be given some of the basic facts and theory concerning good audio-visual practices. Following this will be an account of how such a program was put into practice in Apalachicola, Florida, during the school year 1949 and 1950. After this account of the operation is sketched an attempt to evaluate this program from several points is made. / "August, 1950." / Typescript. / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science under Plan II." / Advisor: H. W. Dean, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 37).

The study was made in an attempt to answer the question: Are selected films effective in an eighth grade occupational orientation program at California Junior High School in Sacramento, California? The purpose of the study was to see if selected films used as an aid were effective in giving occupational information.

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