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Knapp, Clifford E. – 1992
This digest contrasts the traditional view of learning characteristic of classroom instruction with the emerging "constructivist" view that emphasizes the understanding of how and why students learn. The latter takes learning as a knowledge construction process that closely relates to prior knowledge and the learning context. It lends…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies
Anderson, Neil J. – 2002
This digest examines the role metacognition can play in the teaching and learning of a second language. Understanding and controlling cognitive processes may be one of the most essential skills that classroom teachers can help second language learners develop. Rather than focus students' attention solely on learning the language, second language…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Metacognition, Second Language Instruction
Helm, Judy Harris, Ed. – 1996
A project is an extended, in-depth investigation of a topic, ideally one worthy of children's attention and energy. This catalog, prepared for an annual meeting of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, combines articles explaining the project approach in the classroom with summaries of projects displayed at the meeting. It…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Creative Development, Discovery Learning
Lankard, Bettina A. – 1995
New ways to learn at work draw upon workers' previous experiences, link concepts and practices, and encourage reflection and the transfer of knowledge from one situation to another. Action, situated, and incidental learning are three current approaches. Action learning is a systematic process through which individuals learn by doing. It has been…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Experiential Learning, Incidental Learning, Labor Force Development
Weisel, Laura Peltz – 1980
This paper attempts to provide information in response to the needs of educators of adults with learning problems. For the adult education teacher, information is offered on the nature of learning, information processing, problems that can be diagnosed, and strategies suitable for adults with learning problems. For the administrator, focus is…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Educational Diagnosis
Stein, David – 1998
In the situated learning approach, knowledge and skills are learned in contexts that reflect how knowledge is obtained and applied in everyday situations. As an instructional strategy, situated cognition is a means for relating subject matter to learners' needs and concerns. Four major premises guide the development of classroom activities for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Classroom Techniques
Katz, Lilian G.; Chard, Sylvia C. – 1998
Unlike units and themes in the early childhood and primary curriculum, projects are defined as children's in-depth investigations of various topics--ideally, topics worthy of the children's time and energy. As increasing numbers of teachers and school districts incorporate project work into their curriculum, questions have been raised about what…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Discovery Learning
Crandall, JoAnn – 1994
This digest discusses the rationale for integrating language and content instruction, and provides an overview of some of the program models and teaching techniques that focus on this approach. The following program models are highlighted: Content-based language instruction, sheltered subject matter teaching, theme-based instruction, sheltered…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Program Descriptions
Christen, William L.; Murphy, Thomas J. – 1991
It appears that the value of providing students with strategies to activate their prior knowledge base or to build a base if one does not exist is supported by current research. Creating an opportunity to challenge students to call on their collective experiences (prior knowledge) is essential. Through this process, teachers move students from…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Processes
Stein, David – 2000
Critical reflection blends learning through experience with theoretical and technical learning to form new knowledge constructions and new behaviors or insights. Through the process of critical reflection, adults come to interpret and create new knowledge and actions from their experiences. It is generally agreed that critical reflection consists…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Classroom Techniques, Critical Thinking
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 1998
Constructivism is the theory that people learn by constructing meaning through interpretive interactions with the social environment. Constructivist perspectives are a growing influence among educators seeking to help students connect learning with life experiences, making constructivism highly relevant to vocational and career educators. This…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cognitive Psychology, Constructivism (Learning), Integrated Curriculum
Schleppegrell, Mary – 1987
Research on adult learning shows that there is no decline in ability to learn as people get older, that except for minor considerations such as hearing and vision loss, the age of the adult learner is not a major factor in language acquisition, and that the context in which adults learn is the major influence on their ability to acquire a new…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Age Differences, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment
Beneke, Sallee – 1998
This book documents the work of a master preschool teacher, her co-teachers, student teachers, and very young children as they explored the automotive laboratory adjacent to their early childhood classroom at a community college. In addition to introducing the project approach, the master teacher also introduced the staff and students to…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning
Katz, Lilian G. – 2000
This Spanish-language ERIC Digest addresses the question of what young children should be learning that will best serve their development and learning in the long term. Two major dimensions of development--normative and dynamic--are explored, and four categories of learning goals are discussed: (1) knowledge; (2) skills; (3) dispositions; and (4)…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Experiential Learning, Learning Activities
Katz, Lilian G. – 1999
This Korean-language digest addresses the question of what young children should be learning that will best serve their development and learning in the long term. Two major dimensions of development--normative and dynamic--are explored, and four categories of learning goals are discussed: (1) knowledge; (2) skills; (3) dispositions; and (4)…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Experiential Learning, Learning Activities