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Cohen, Andrew – 2003
Students of foreign language are being encouraged to learn and use a broad range of language learning strategies that can be tapped throughout the learning process. This approach is based on the belief that learning will be facilitated by making students aware of the range of strategies from which they can choose during language learning and use.…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Learning Strategies, Program Design, Second Language Instruction
Small, Ruth V. – 1997
The ARCS Model of Motivational Design, developed by John M. Keller of Florida State University, is a systematic model for designing motivating instruction. The ARCS Model identifies four essential strategy components for motivating instruction: attention strategies for arousing and sustaining curiosity and interest; relevance strategies that link…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Instructional Design, Instructional Materials
Arnone, Marilyn P. – 2003
Curiosity is a heightened state of interest resulting in exploration, and its importance in motivating scholarship cannot be ignored. It is also a critical component of creativity, and fostering curiosity and creativity in today's learners is a challenge faced by educators and instructional designers alike. Following a background on the definition…
Descriptors: Curiosity, Educational Planning, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Design
Gartner, Audrey; Riessman, Frank – 1993
The literature on peer tutoring indicates that gains for tutors often outdistance those of the students receiving help. Learning through teaching is a significant mechanism that provides an opportunity to reformulate and extend the use of peer tutoring. This digest discusses a new tutor-centered, peer tutoring model being designed at the Peer…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Peer Relationship
Eppele, Ruth – 1989
This 27-item bibliography represents the variety of articles added to the ERIC database from 1983 through 1988 on left-brain/right-brain research, theory, and application as it relates to classroom incorporation. Included are conflicting opinions as to the usefulness of left-brain/right-brain studies and their application in the learning…
Descriptors: Brain, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes