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McAndrews, Stephanie L. – Guilford Press, 2020
Packed with useful tools, this practitioner guide and course text helps educators assess and teach essential literacy skills and strategies at all grade levels (PreK-12). All six literacy modalities are addressed--listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, and visually representing. Chapters on specific literacy processes integrate…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Literacy, Metacognition, Instructional Effectiveness
Weinstein, Yana; Sumeracki, Megan; Caviglioli, Oliver – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018
Educational practice does not, for the most part, rely on research findings. Instead, there's a preference for relying on our intuitions about what's best for learning. But relying on intuition may be a bad idea for teachers and learners alike. This accessible guide helps teachers to integrate effective, research-backed strategies for learning…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Teaching Methods, Evidence Based Practice, Cognitive Processes
Royer, Regina; Royer, Jeff – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2004
When designed properly, concept mapping activities can engage students in meaningful learning. In the process of creating concept maps, students relate new information to more general concepts already held, develop fuller understandings of those general concepts, and recognize new relationships between concepts. Students engage in these activities…
Descriptors: Maps, Learning Strategies, Concept Mapping
Mastropieri, Margo A.; Scruggs, Thomas E. – 1984
The use of the "keyword" method as a tool for improving memory in learning disabled students is explained. The keyword method consists of two stages: an acoustical link stage and a stage in which the student is provided with a picture of the keyword interacting with the appropriate response term. The method can be modified for use in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Mnemonics
Paul, G. Douglas – Learning, 1987
A simple lesson on magnetism can foster childrens' natural enthusiasm for science and set the stage for discoveries that parallel those of famous scientists. (JD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Observational Learning, Science Instruction
Stevenson, Chris – Learning, 1987
A teacher describes an incident involving his fifth-grade class and an angry elderly woman. He points out that the event became a learning experience in standing up for one's rights, tenacity, respect for others, compassion, and responsibility for the elderly. (JD)
Descriptors: Anger, Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, School Community Relationship
Graham, Terry Lynne; Knight, Michael E. – Learning, 1985
A teacher offers six suggestions for giving students opportunities to exercise their commonsense thinking skills. This allows the teacher to ask rather than tell, listen rather than talk, and allows the children to provide for themselves. (MT)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Logical Thinking, Problem Solving

Twining, James E. – Journal of Developmental Education, 1985
Briefly examines the research regarding taking notes from text. Proposes a four-stage model for teaching note taking that combines insight from schema theory and metacognitive research, which indicates that sentence summaries, main-idea paraphrasing, and periodic information summaries are beneficial forms of note taking. (Author/AYC)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Learning Strategies, Notetaking, Postsecondary Education

O'Toole, Mitch – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1994
Science teachers expect students to use information contained in books. This makes text-based learning strategies important for student success at school and beyond. This paper explores the potential of science as a vehicle for the development of such skills, considers a range of learning strategies, and suggests ways of integrating them into…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary Education

Lopez-Real, Francis – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1997
Discusses two common student errors regarding fractions. Presents different solution strategies for finding a fraction. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Fractions, Learning Strategies, Mathematics Education
Howick, William H. – 1982
A discussion is presented of the value and benefits of using questions in the classroom that will develop the critical thinking abilities of students. Some of the benefits of employing questions in classroom teaching are related to the affective domain, being psychological in nature, some are evaluative in that they provide clues to the extent of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Learning Strategies, Questioning Techniques
Duffelmeyer, Frederick A.; Baum, Dale D. – Academic Therapy, 1987
Application of the direct instruction paradigm to reading comprehension skills involves providing a problem-solving strategy through demonstration and modeling, guiding strategy application, and creating opportunities for independent strategy application. Examples of the approach to teach sequential relationships and main idea-supporting…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties
Neibart, Marilyn – Academic Therapy, 1988
Learning disabled students frequently have difficulty with spelling. A process that develops the student's thinking so that he is able to discover spelling rules for himself encourages him to remember and use them. Rules governing when to double final consonants or drop silent e's illustrate the process. (VW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Metacognition
Berliner, David; Casanova, Ursula – Instructor, 1987
This article reports on how elementary school teachers teach strategies to help pupils learn and remember. Tips for using the research findings in the classroom are offered. (MT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Retention (Psychology)

Aaronson, Shirley – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1985
Reviews research on psychophysiological approaches to learning and memory, focusing on memory aids, levels of rehearsal, and visual mnemotechnics. Explains and illustrates the use of study mapping, a system of note taking and studying appropriate for developmental reading courses. (DMM)
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Literature Reviews, Memory, Notetaking