Research problem: Most technical documents rely on a combination of text and visuals to communicate their messages. To achieve the desired effect of improved processing and comprehension of operating instructions, the text must guide readers in a clear way to the relevant visual information in order to avoid ambiguity and misinterpretation, and to ensure that the reader optimally benefits from ...

This study examined the use of screen captures in manuals. Three designs of manuals were compared, one textual and two visual manuals. The two visual manuals differed in the type of screen capture that was used. One had screen captures that showed only the relevant part of the screen, whereas the other consisted of captures of the full screen. All manuals contained exactly the same textual info...

Human-computer interaction is primarily based on communication with visuals, i.e text and pictures. On the display screen, both infoI1nation from the system to the user and feedback in respond to the users actions, are presented. Thus, good visuals are important for effective conummication. This fact has also been recognized in design of modern software, for instance operating systems, programm...

This study aimed to investigate the effect of pre-teaching new vocabulary items via audio-visuals on Iranian EFL learners’ reading comprehension ability. The question this study tried to answer is if pre-teaching new vocabulary items via audio-visuals have any effect on Iranian EFL learners’ reading comprehension ability. To find the answer to the question, 30 intermediate level stu...

My goal with the use of visuals in mathematics I am a research geometer, working on applied problems such as: What shapes of built frameworks will stand up or fall over? How can we program geometric constraints for CAD or CAGD? How can we reconstruct 3-D objects from a single picture or several partial views? What parts of proteins are flexible? and What patterns occur in computational origami....

Abstract This article is based on a bibliographical data set of over 2,600 history textbooks from the post-1945 Soviet Union and eleven out its fifteen successor states, including books international, national, regional or local history. Among these, it analyzes illustrations used in 450 that cover period Second World War. Arguing against reduction history-related visuals to “narrative,” this s...