Principles+That+Promote+Learning

Principles That Do Not Promote Learning


 * Principles That Promote Learning**


 * Graphics working with words
 * Purposefully selected graphics can better engage the mind than words alone and help the learner to make meaning of the text
 * Graphics to Teach Content Types
 * There are five content types that benefit from graphic support
 * Facts—shows specific information
 * Concepts—shows categorical relationships
 * Process—shows how something works
 * Procedure—shows the steps
 * Principle—shows cause-and-effect relationships
 * Graphics as Topic Organizers
 * Show relationship among topics in a lesson; illustrations help learner to compare or contrast the topic in the different circumstances
 * Graphics to Show Relationships
 * Can show growth over time or other relationships among concepts being taught
 * Graphics as Lesson Interfaces
 * Provide a virtual training opportunity for the learner in a guided discovery setting