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Linking visual and linguistic composition: A study of cognition using computer microworlds
Abstract
This study is devoted to investigating links between the mental processes of visual composition and those of linguistic composition. The study has two components, each of which compares visual/verbal pairs. First is a comparison of visual and verbal features in picture books created by students. These books are alphabet books created in the tradition of "ABC" books for children. They were produced using standard desk-top publishing techniques. Because desk-top publishing involves text and graphics, it is an environment in which an individual's skill with both sentences and pictures may be studied. Second is a set of case studies of students' visual and linguistic compositions. These compositions have been constructed within the constraints of computer based microworlds designed by the researcher. (Computers are compositional tools with a new generality. They let the two media meet on common ground.) This study accentuates the importance of the computer as a tool for generalized composition, perhaps the most important role of computers in education.
Subject Area
Curriculum development|Educational technology|Art education
Recommended Citation
Abbott, Hilton Mark, "Linking visual and linguistic composition: A study of cognition using computer microworlds" (1992). Doctoral Dissertations Available from Proquest. AAI9219398.
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9219398