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Tantiblarphol, Subhreawpun; Hughes, Lawson H. – 1984
The effect of adding time for processing compressed speech and the effects of questions that gave adjunct pictures either a redundant or contextual function were investigated. Subjects were 144 fourth- and fifth-grade students randomly assigned to 24 groups. They listened individually to a 20-sentence story at either 225 or 300 words-per-minute…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Cues, Intermediate Grades, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedDillon, J. T. – Educational Leadership, 1984
Finds volumes of research on questioning and none on discussion. Defines discussion and presents concepts and techniques that facilitate it in the classroom. Recommends the need for further research. (MD)
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Discussion Groups, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textStahl, Robert J. – 1994
Students must have uninterrupted periods of time to process information, to reflect on what has been said, observed, or done, and to consider what their personal responses will be. After at least three seconds of uninterrupted silence, a significant number of positive outcomes occur for students and teachers. Students are more effective in…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cognitive Processes, Inquiry, Learning Processes
Barman, Charles R. – 1988
A set of elementary science preservice materials was developed and field-tested. The main objectives of these materials were to: (1) assist undergraduate elementary science methods students in developing a working definition of science and the scientific enterprise; (2) help students learn about effective questioning techniques; (3) introduce…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Higher Education, Learning Processes
Haley-Oliphant, Ann E. – 1987
The purpose of this study was to examine the thinking underlying the questions posed by a science teacher to her seventh grade students in an instructional activity called Mind Games, in which hypothetical situations focussed on scientific issues are proposed and explored at least once during each major instructional unit. Mind games are conveyed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Junior High Schools, Learning Processes
Hunkins, Francis P. – 1986
The central objective of this study was to determine the effects of formal training in the use and types of questions and in the nature and use of algorithms on middle school students' achievement in economic geography. Subjects were 190 eighth grade students in a large metropolitan school district. Three experimental groups received either: (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Algorithms, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedKreiner, David S. – Teaching of Psychology, 1997
Reviews results of an experiment comparing the comprehension and recall of four groups: those who watched a videotape without taking notes; those who took notes while watching; those who took notes on questions in advance; those who orally replied to questions while watching. Comprehension was higher in the interactive groups. (MJP)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Comprehension
Wood, Eileen; And Others – Educational Communication and Technology, 1987
Describes study of 80 preschool children in Canadian nursery schools and day care centers that addressed how children's learning of definitions is affected by two presentation variables: (1) questioning, and (2) the elaborateness of illustrations accompanying definitions. Results are analyzed, congruent versus incongruent recall is discussed, and…
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Illustrations
Hobbs, D. J. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1987
Describes a British study with undergraduate accountancy students which compared the quantitative and qualitative effects of three types of embedded tasks or questions--relational-semantic, transpose-semantic, and non-semantic--on learning outcomes. Variables investigated included mathematical background, recall, and comprehension. Relevance of…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Comprehension, Computer Assisted Instruction
