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Surprise and Destabilize: Prediction Error Influences Episodic Memory Reconsolidation
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Sinclair, Alyssa H.; Barense, Morgan D. – Learning & Memory, 2018
Through the process of "reconsolidation," reminders can temporarily destabilize memories and render them vulnerable to change. Recent rodent research has proposed that prediction error, or the element of surprise, is a key component of this process; yet, this hypothesis has never before been extended to complex episodic memories in…
Descriptors: Memory, Prediction, Error Patterns, Cues
Flipping the Calculus Classroom: An Evaluative Study
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Maciejewski, Wes – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications, 2016
Classroom flipping is the practice of moving new content instruction out of class time, usually packaging it as online videos and reading assignments for students to cover on their own, and devoting in-class time to interactive engagement activities. Flipping has garnered a large amount of hype from the popular education media and has been adopted…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Calculus, Teaching Methods, Video Technology
On the Role of Media Input in the Learning of Formulaic Sequences by EFL Learners
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Koç, Didem Koban; Koç, Serdar Engin – TESL Canada Journal, 2017
This study examined the role of media on the learning of formulaic sequences (FSs) by advanced English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners (n = 40) enrolled in an English Language Teaching (ELT) program at a government university in Turkey. The learners were divided into experimental and control groups. The instrument involved clips from two…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Pretests Posttests, Control Groups, Experimental Groups
Parent Mediation Empowers Sibling Conflict Resolution
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Ross, Hildy S.; Lazinski, Marysia J. – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: For the current study, formal mediation procedures were adapted for families and parents were trained and asked to mediate their children's disputes; control group parents intervened as they normally would. Conflict negotiations with parents and their children (ages 3½-11 years) occurring 3 and 7 weeks following training, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conflict Resolution, Parents, Children
Adapting Math Instruction to Support Prospective Elementary Teachers
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LeSage, Ann – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2012
Purpose: Elementary teachers' understanding of mathematics is a significant contributor to student success with mathematics. Consequently, teacher educators are frequently charged with the responsibility of supporting the development of prospective elementary teachers' mathematics content knowledge as they re-learn concepts in ways they are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Web Based Instruction, Control Groups
Facilitating Emergent Literacy: Efficacy of a Model that Partners Speech-Language Pathologists and Educators
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Girolametto, Luigi; Weitzman, Elaine; Greenberg, Janice – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2012
Purpose: This study examined the efficacy of a professional development program for early childhood educators that facilitated emergent literacy skills in preschoolers. The program, led by a speech-language pathologist, focused on teaching alphabet knowledge, print concepts, sound awareness, and decontextualized oral language within naturally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Oral Language, Speech Language Pathology, Emergent Literacy