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Peer reviewedBrown, F. Eugene – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1991
Describes a study conducted to assess the effects of teaching a structured notetaking procedure to Calculus I students. Reports higher success rates among students who learned the technique than students taking the course the previous term, and increasingly positive attitudes toward the procedure over the course of the term. (DMM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Calculus, College Instruction, Community Colleges
Taylor, William; And Others – 1985
The impact on learning performance of a notetaking strategy called the Directed Overt Activity Strategy (DOA) was evaluated on three types of instructional tasks: spatial learning, simple concept learning, and complex concept learning. One hundred volunteer freshman psychology students from Ohio State University used either the DOA or their own…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, College Freshmen, Concept Formation, Higher Education
Forsythe, Barbara – 1986
The purpose of this study was to determine if a multidimensional treatment in the study of the content area of social studies would help the average and below average student. The 37 fifth-grade students in this study came from a middle-socioeconomic level of north central New Jersey. The 18 students in the experimental sample received special…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textChandler, Theodore A.; Spies, Carl J. – 1987
Undergraduate students in sociology (N=59) and psychology (N=50) participated in a study at a large midwestern university to determine if the pattern of attributional assignment, expectancy, performance, and perceived success was different in these two groups of undergraduates. Prior to taking the first of three exams each student was asked how…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Expectation
Peer reviewedCohn, Elchanan; And Others – Journal of Economic Education, 1995
Investigates the impact and relationship of notetaking techniques, notetaking functions, and measures of working memory on learning in an introductory college economics course. Compares conventional (taking notes in the customary fashion) with the outline method (recording notes in spaces on an instructor-provided outline). Includes suggestions…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Encoding (Psychology), Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedNewnham, Rewi, M. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1997
Introduces a simple student-centered activity that can effectively complement a traditional lecture by encouraging group discussion and reflection. Students orally review the lecture in groups and submit summaries to the lecturer that are ultimately compiled into a course review. Discusses the benefits of this practice and students' responses.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Foreign Countries, Geography
