Contribution of pictures to children's comprehension of the main idea in reading
CONTRIBUTION OF PICTURES TO CHILDREN’S COMPREHENSION
OF T H E MAIN IDEA I N READING’
KARLKOENKE WAYNE OTTO
University of Illinois, Urbana University of Wisconsin, Madison
The present study was designed to examine the extent to which content relevant
pictures contribute to children’s comprehension of the main idea inherent in a
printed passage. Reviews of investigations of the effects of pictures upon
