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Author(s) -
Hartley James
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.1991.tb00302.x
Subject(s) - computer science
Robert Bernard provides a usefuI distinction in his article (€?JET 21 3 215-225) between descriptive and instructive figure captions. I was reminded, when reading it, of how an article of mine was much improved by the editorial office of the New Scientist. I had submitted a piece describing the hand movements of a skilled reader of Braille. To obtain my data I had stopped the reader, Lewis Jones, at random points whilst reading,