color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The current classroom environment shows that educators now depend on educational materials which contain both visual elements and textual content to help students develop their understanding of content. In elementary schools, teachers typically use picture books together with writing exercises as teaching materials. Students can study a story through its bright pictures, after which they will create their own written thoughts or new story endings. Learners need this method because it enables them to use both visual and verbal methods for learning which results in better understanding and creative thinking. In middle and high school language arts classes, teachers use graphic novels or comics to teach their students. Learners need to understand how pictures show different emotions and tones which create the story while they read the accompanying dialogue or narration. Students who practice these different modes will gain better comprehension of storytelling techniques, which enables them to present concepts through various formats.

Science classrooms provide another instance of this approach. Educators will show students scientific diagrams and infographics and videos of scientific processes to which students must create either explanation documents or summary texts. Students studying the water cycle will begin their learning by watching an animated diagram before they create their own visual representation which will include descriptive text. The practice encourages students to work through their own observation process and their analysis process and their expression process which will help them to strengthen their knowledge and their ability to remember information. Art and design courses require students to make visual artworks while they write about their artistic process and their thoughts about their work. Students will create visual art through sketching and painting and digital art creation which they will follow by writing artist statements to explain their creative process and understanding of their artistic work.

Synaesthesia shows its educational value because it enables students to move between different sensory or cognitive learning modes. Students who shift from visual content to written content or from visual content to expressive content will activate different brain regions which help them build a more advanced and adaptable understanding. Students with different learning preferences can fully participate in integrated multimodal learning, which includes visual, verbal, and kinesthetic learning methods. The classroom uses visual elements together with texts to boost understanding, which helps students develop their creative and critical thinking and communication abilities to create effective learning experiences through the purposeful integration of multiple learning modes.

Exploring Multimodal Learning through Meaning-Making Texts