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Teaching Learning Strategies to Language Students.
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Chamot, Anna Uhl – 1998
An instructional module designed to help prepare college-level teaching assistants (TAs) for their duties in second language instruction is presented. The module focuses on how learning strategies can help students become better language learners, and on methods for sharing the secrets of good language learning with students. Less effective…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Learning Strategies and Learning Environments.
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LoCastro, Virginia – TESOL Quarterly, 1994
Ways that good or successful Japanese learners of English develop their language skills in spite of large class size are examined, based on a study of 28 graduate students at a Japanese university. Analysis of responses about exam preparation, teacher role, listening, etc., suggest a need for more research on language learning strategies in…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Environment, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Bringing History Alive in the Classroom: A Collaborative Project.
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Nash, Gary B.; Symcox, Linda – OAH Magazine of History, 1991
Describes a project to produce classroom materials for world and U.S. history based on primary source documents. Recommends departing from textbooks to penetrate particular historical problems through the units described. Suggests that such projects teach students the complexity of history, encourage active learning, and display a variety of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Students, Historiography, History Instruction
Knowledge Representation in Novice Physics Problem Solvers.
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Pallrand, George J. – 1988
This investigation focuses upon the question of: (1) how naive subjects organize and represent knowledge when solving problems; (2) how previous experience of a novice is used in solving a problem; (3) what kinds of information and knowledge are sought as well as overlooked by novices when solving problems; (4) what kinds of strategies novices…
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Graduate Students
Listening in a Foreign Language.
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Schwartz, Ana Maria – 1998
An instructional module designed to help prepare college-level teaching assistants (TAs) for their duties in second language instruction is presented. The module focuses on helping learners become skilled at second language listening. The first part provides background information about this language skill. It introduces the process of listening…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Curriculum Development
The Adjunct Faculty Handbook.
Bianco-Mathis, Virginia, Ed.; Chalofsky, Neal, Ed. – 1996
This book presents 11 author-contributed chapters concerning the role of adjunct college faculty, ways that such faculty members can obtain resources to maximize their effectiveness, and relationships of adjuncts with other faculty and the administration. Chapters have the following titles and authors: (1) "Program Policies and Administration"…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Administrator Role, Class Activities, Cognitive Style
Practical Approaches to Using Learning Styles in Higher Education.
Dunn, Rita, Ed.; Griggs, Shirley A., Ed. – 2000
The focus of this collection of essays is on new approaches to teaching in higher education. Selections are organized in five sections; the first section focuses on learning styles, while the remaining sections focus on applications in various academic disciplines. The chapters include: (1) "Capitalizing on College Students' Learning Styles:…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, College Faculty, College Students