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Wartime training with visual materials demonstrated that visual aids could teach new recruits to handle weapons and act under fire

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Evidence · 1 study · review r? · q2
Currency · newest study 1999 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Educators serving during World War II proved that visual materials could teach new recruits how to handle weapons and act under fire. → Cochran 1999

Evidence

Cochran 1999

Cochran, L. M., & Johnson, J. K. (1999). In Memoriam: Robert E. deKieffer. Educational Technology Research and Development, 47(4). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ602345

q2 · i? · review · r?

A memorial notice recounts that a cadre of educators demonstrated during World War II that "visual materials could teach new recruits how to handle the weapons of war and how to act under fire."

"Thus Bob became a member of a small cadre of educators who served their country during World War II by proving that visual materials could teach new recruits how to handle the weapons of war and how to act under fire."

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title Wartime training with visual materials demonstrated that visual aids could teach new recruits to handle weapons and act under fire
description Wartime training with visual materials demonstrated that visual aids could teach new recruits to handle weapons and act under fire
status review
evidence_strength moderate
newest_evidence 1999
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