Contribution of pictures to children's comprehension of the main...

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