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Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1990
This article describes the concept and varieties of mnemonic instruction and how mnemonics interacts with the specific learning characteristics of learning-disabled students. The effectiveness of the techniques, as reported in research studies, is described. Implications for classroom instruction and further research are provided. (DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies

Englert, Carol Sue; Mariage, Troy V. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1991
This article reports on a reading comprehension instructional technique which uses reciprocal-like teaching formats in groups and semantic mapping to make text structures apparent. The procedure significantly affected recall of expository ideas and knowledge of comprehension strategies with 28 intermediate grade students with learning…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities

Tamir, Pinchas; Amir, Ruth – Journal of Biological Education, 1987
Discusses responses to student questionnaires used to identify the effect of instructional strategies on study practices and attitudes towards biology. Concludes that while organized teaching has a stronger effect on study skills, teaching by enquiry has a stronger effect on curiosity and interest. (Author/CW)
Descriptors: Biology, Cognitive Development, Research, Science Education

Skinner, Christopher H.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1991
This study compared the effects of two cover, copy, and compare interventions on the written multiplication performance of two elementary school students with behavioral disorders. The verbal response condition resulted in greater increases in written multiplication performance and occasioned more than twice the number of opportunities to respond…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Schools, Instructional Effectiveness, Intervention

Gajria, Meenakshi; Salvia, John – Exceptional Children, 1992
This study, with 30 students with learning disabilities (grades 6-9) and 15 nondisabled students, found that instruction in a 5-rule summarization strategy significantly increased reading comprehension of expository prose. Strategy use was maintained over time, and students were reported to generalize its use. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Cunningham, Donald J. – 1977
This working paper, which reviews the experimental literature on learning skills to provide background information to the staff of the Skills Essential to Learning Television Project (a multi-level series of video and print resources for classroom use), covers four areas: study skills, instructional development and design, cognitive psychology,…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Concept Formation, Design Requirements, Instructional Design

Lazarus, Belinda Davis – Education and Treatment of Children, 1993
Two studies evaluated the effectiveness of guided notes with five secondary students with mild disabilities and three postsecondary students with learning disabilities. In both studies, use of guided notes resulted in significantly improved academic performance. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advance Organizers, College Students, Learning Disabilities
Massey, Ann – 1986
The effect on algebra achievement of college students of using a specific study method, algebra notecards, was examined. Whether achievement differed for adult learners and traditional college students, and the interaction between the study method and the status of the learner were also investigated. The research was conducted at the University of…
Descriptors: Algebra, Cognitive Style, College Mathematics, Conference Papers
Hartig, Gordon – 1985
In 1984, summer bridge students in the Indiana University Learning Skills Center were asked to complete an open-ended questionnaire on PLATO computer assisted instruction (CAI) used in their study skills courses. Of 226 students responding to the survey, 175 (77%) had chosen to use PLATO; 86 students used both the psychology and sociology review…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Higher Education

Pressley, Michael; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1991
This interview study examined the perceptions and beliefs about cognitive strategy instruction of 31 classroom teachers of underachieving students and 9 strategy researchers. Teachers and researchers generally agreed about components of strategy instruction and when to teach them; one difference was the tendency of researchers to relegate each…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Course Content, Educational Researchers, Elementary Secondary Education

Kinder, Diane; Bursuck, William – Exceptional Children, 1993
This study demonstrated the effectiveness of history strategy instruction that emphasized problem-solution-effect analysis and linkage of knowledge, in teaching 24 junior high students with behavior disorders. Instruction included a scripted curriculum, student note taking, construction of timelines, vocabulary definitions, and reciprocal…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Curriculum, History Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Chand, Rajni K. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2007
Listening skills research has tended to focus on strategy use in classrooms and on theory and practice of second language (L2) teachers. This study examined the teachers' and learners' perceptions of listening skills in non-classroom learning situations. Five (n = 5) study skills teachers and 19 former learners in a distance study skills course at…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Study Skills
Cohn, Marilyn R. – 1982
Three case studies describe and analyze the events occurring in three classrooms in the St. Louis metropolitan area during the first year (1979-1980) of the use of ThinkAbout, a series of 60 15-minute programs designed to strengthen the reasoning skills of fifth and sixth graders, and to review and reinforce language arts, mathematics, and study…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Television, Elementary Education, Intermediate Grades
Bean, Thomas W.; And Others – 1983
To compare both the effect of and the student attitude toward instruction in outlining and graphic organization, 72 grade 10 world history students were divided into three treatment groups. Two groups, one of which had previously received 14 weeks of summarization training, were instructed in a three-step procedure for creating a graphic organizer…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Critical Thinking, Graphic Organizers
Boen, Linda – 1985
A study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of interactive video in teaching study skills and to discover: (1) the overall attitudes of students toward computer-directed instruction (CDI) as compared to traditional teaching methods; (2) whether two groups, instructed via CDI and traditional methods, differed significantly in knowledge of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Counseling, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing
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