Abstract
This thesis project is concerned with the role that graphic designers have in making learning materials more effective. It is focused on the need for instructional materials to reflect current advances in cognitive psychology and our society's definition of intelligence. Most instructional materials today are outdated and ineffective. Some reasons are political, others are socio-economic, and some fall within the scope of the designed environment. Learning materials, especially textbooks, designed before the 1980's have been designed without standards, and at a time when intelligence was seen as a narrow list of abilities.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Commercial art; Graphic arts; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.); Multiple intelligences
Publication Date
5-1-2001
Document Type
Thesis
Department, Program, or Center
School of Design (CIAS)
Advisor
Finewood, Bill
Advisor/Committee Member
Loar, Steve
Recommended Citation
Harding, Tanya, "Visual syntax and intelligence" (2001). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from
https://repository.rit.edu/theses/6105
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Comments
Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works. Physical copy available through RIT's The Wallace Library at: NC997 .H373 2001