THE ROLE OF STATIC AND ANIMATED PICTURES THAT COMPLEMENT TEXTS IN SUPPORTING LEARNING
| Main Author: | Pramono, Y.G. Harto; English Department, Teachers Training Faculty, Surabaya Widya Mandala Catholic University, Surabaya |
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| Format: | Article info application/pdf eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Institute of Research and Community Outreach - Petra Christian University
, 2005
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| Online Access: |
http://puslit2.petra.ac.id/ejournal/index.php/ing/article/view/16267 http://puslit2.petra.ac.id/ejournal/index.php/ing/article/view/16267/16259 |
Daftar Isi:
- Pictures are widely used to accompany texts as adjuncts to facilitate learning. This article discusses the role of such a combination in supporting learning and the underlying theory that explains how individuals process visual and verbal information and how they can benefit from such a combination. It is hypothesized that the facilitative effect of picture-text combination is attributed to the supportive role of pictures played in the cognitive processing involved in mental model building of the situation being explained.