Does Visualizing and Verbalizing Work?

Several Level 1 (controlled and randomized) and 2 (controlled) studies have proven the effectiveness of Visualizing and Verbalizing in improving reading comprehension, word recognition, implicit open-ended questions and visual open-ended questions in children ranging from grades 3-5 (Johnson-Glenberg, 2000; Lindamood, ...

What is the purpose of visualizing and verbalizing?

Visualizing and Verbalizing teaches students who struggle with reading comprehension and language processing to build pictures in their minds as they listen to or read text. The ultimate goal is for students to be able to visualize the main idea or the overall picture.

How does visualizing help with comprehension?

As a comprehension strategy, visualizing helps students understand the true size of new objects by comparing them to familiar objects. See the lesson plan.