ED636 - Fall 2006

Visual principles
In the past teachers have used visuals but they were mainlya show of words.Nowadays visuals are more appealing than before.
The result of a study comparing a visual-based and traditional instructions shows that there is a slight superioty for achievement with the visual based instruction.In that statement ,we have to consider many other factors that can influence the findings.
-Visuals offer to the learner representation,images and sounds that are easily remenbered.
-Visuals have the possibility to capture attention, to get more interest from the learner.
-Visuals simplify the information, support it and reinforce it. Visuals explain with images and they also reduce the effort of the learner.
The visual literacy is an important point for the teacher and the learner.It refers to the learner possibility to interpretate the visual correctly.The learner should be able to decode the information for the visual to accomplish its purpose.