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Rothman, Rosalind W.; Cohen, Jill – Academic Therapy, 1988
Test-taking skills should be part of learning-disabled students' instruction. Student performance on previous tests should be analyzed to determine lack of information, carelessness, misinterpretation, material not studied, or incorrect reading. Notetaking techniques, language problems, and special problems presented by essay tests and math tests…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities

Wilkerson, Rhonda M.; White, Kinnard P. – Elementary School Journal, 1988
Evaluates the effects on the 4MAT system on achievement and retention of learning. Defines 4MAT system as instructional model that provides systematic approach to organizing and delivering instruction that addresses learning styles and hemispheric preferences of students. Study examines students' interest in content and attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Brain Hemisphere Functions
Gunstone, Richard F. – 1988
One of the clear findings of recent research on the learning of science has been that students who have completed science courses commonly use conceptions held before instruction to interpret natural phenomena. This paper reports on a study of conceptual change in mechanics with particular concern with the nature of student awareness of any…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries