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Concept Muraling: Dropping Visual Crumbs Along the Instructional Trail

Pamela J. Farris

Portia M. Downey

Concept muraling is a direct instructional approach that visually represents the material to be taught. Using simple illustrations, the teacher presents an aural overview of the content area text to be studied in a form of visual representation. When used as a scaffolding technique, concept muraling can provide students with the basic concepts needed to comprehend content area text. For diverse learners and those with learning disabilities, it can be a foundation for other learning.

Abstract from Farris, P.J., & Downey, P.M. (2004, December). Concept Muraling: Dropping Visual Crumbs Along the Instructional Trail. The Reading Teacher, 58(4), 376–384. doi: 10.1598/RT.58.4.7