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Peer reviewedRiding, Richard; Mathias, David – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1991
Presents results of a study of 11-year-old children's learning mode preferences, reading attainment, and cognitive ability. Reports that holistic thinkers preferred modes corresponding to their verbal imagery style, whereas analytic thinkers were divided across the verbal imagery dimension. Predicts highest achievement for wholist verbalizers and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Style, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Bryant, N. Dale; And Others – 1979
This research review on basic reading skills begins with an historical perspective on reading methods, followed by an overview of reading instruction methods for the general population. Research findings are presented on several instructional methods, including phonetic, linguistic, artificial orthography, basal reading, and language experience…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Download full textClariana, Roy B.; Smith, Lana – 1988
This is a summary of findings of three studies of learning style in computer-assisted instructional (CAI) settings. In study one, learning style and math achievement data collected from an intact class of 23 seventh and eighth graders indicate that students' learning style preference changed after four months of CAI towards the accommodator type.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedVickery, Karen S.; And Others – Annals of Dyslexia, 1987
A mastery learning program called MTARSH (Multisensory Teaching Approach for Reading, Spelling, and Handwriting) was used with 282 remedial students and 144 nonremedial students in grades 1-6. Subsequent California Achievement Test scores in reading and spelling improved over baseline scores for students in both remedial and nonremedial classes.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Handwriting, Intervention
Peer reviewedCox, Maureen V.; Ralph, Matt Lambon – Educational Psychology, 1996
Presents the results of a study where five-, seven-, and nine-year olds were asked to draw three figures: one standing still and facing them, one standing still in profile, and one running in profile. Half drew from imagination and half drew from models. Discusses the differences between the efforts. (MJP)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression, Body Image
Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – 1987
Observational data were collected on the instructional tasks used by 122 elementary students (30 learning-disabled, 32 emotionally/behaviorally disturbed, 30 educable mentally retarded, and 30 nonhandicapped). No differences between handicapped and nonhandicapped students were revealed in an analysis of time using each of eight specific tasks…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
