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Lieberman, David A. – Cambridge University Press, 2012
This innovative textbook is the first to integrate learning and memory, behaviour, and cognition. It focuses on fascinating human research in both memory and learning (while also bringing in important animal studies) and brings the reader up to date with the latest developments in the subject. Students are encouraged to think critically: key…
Descriptors: Memory, Learning Processes, Classical Conditioning, Reinforcement
Williams, R. Bruce – Corwin Press, 2007
There is an intricate literacy to Gardner's multiple intelligences theory that unlocks key entry points for differentiated learning. Using a well-articulated framework, rich with graphic representations, Williams provides a comprehensive discussion of multiple intelligences. He moves the teacher and students from curiosity, to confidence, to…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Multiple Intelligences, Cognitive Style, Learning Processes
Burns, Tom; Sinfield, Sandra – SAGE Publications (CA), 2008
The eagerly-awaited new edition of the successful "Essential Study Skills" continues to provide a truly practical guide to achieving success at university. Whether you are going to university straight from school, a mature student, or an overseas student studying in the UK for the first time, this is the book that will help you to better…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Student Needs, Independent Study, Learning Strategies
Evers, Anne; Yancey, Robyn – 1992
This book of student activities is intended to be used with a text, "Keeping a Head in School," written for preadolescents and adolescents with learning disorders. It includes a variety of work sheets, puzzles, games, and checklists, to accompany the text's chapters. The first chapter has activities concerning basic concepts related to learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adolescents, Attention Control
Schleppegrell, Mary; Oxford, Rebecca – 1988
The handbook, designed for Peace Corps volunteers but adaptable for other adult learners, offers ideas about how to improve one's own language learning through effective learning strategies. The handbook intended as a reference, not a text, for when the learner becomes discouraged with his rate of progress, is progressing well but looking for new…
Descriptors: Adults, Efficiency, Federal Government, Independent Study
Hodges, Daniel L. – 1984
This guide provides a summary of the information and suggestions covered on an audiotape designed to help students prepare for and take tests. First, introductory material presents a rationale for the development of the testing skills materials and a discussion of their use at Lane Community College. Next, the objectives of the tape are specified…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Learning Strategies, Memory, Self Help Programs
Custer, Susan; And Others – 1995
This book offers study strategies and techniques which were originally used in resource rooms for students with mild disabilities but are appropriate for all students, all content areas, and all educational levels. The book is structured around the acronym SMARTS for the six action steps or skills covered: (1) Studying, (2) Memorizing, (3) Active…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Listening Skills, Memorization
Indiana Career and Postsecondary Advancement Center, Bloomington. – 1996
Adapted from a variety of sources, this booklet offers students tips about improving their study skills so that they can earn better grades and make the most of their talents. Topics discussed in the booklet are why students should work to improve their study skills; listening in the classroom; getting the most from textbooks; note taking; the…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Library Skills, Listening Skills, Mathematics Skills
Hayes, John R. – 1981
This book, designed for a college course on general problem-solving skills, focuses on skills that can be used by anyone in solving problems that occur in everyday life. Part I considers theory and practice: understanding problems, search, and protocol analysis. Part II discusses memory and knowledge acquisition: the structure of human memory,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Creativity, Decision Making
Fitzpatrick, Elaine M. – 1982
The 12 activity-oriented units described in this study skills guide are designed to help students in grades 11 through 13 become more skillful at learning on their own. The guide addresses a wide range of student needs, allows for the participation of students with a diversity of skills, and promotes learning on various levels of competence. The…
Descriptors: High Schools, Higher Education, Independent Study, Learning Strategies
Thomas, Jeanne L. – 1992
This textbook is designed to introduce undergraduates to the scientific study of aging in adults. Among the topics covered in the book's 15 chapters are: approaches to the study of adult development and aging (research methodology and related issues, a life-span perspective, ethical issues); theories in the study of adult development (models of…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adults, Age Differences
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1984
This student workbook contains instructional units dealing with developing reading, writing, and listening skills and using a newspaper. Addressed in the unit on reading and writing skills are finding main ideas; mastering reading attack skills; improving memory skills; learning words from context; skimming; developing vocabulary; improving study…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Business Education, Communication Skills, Learning Activities
Edwards, Judith – 1985
This handbook is designed for adults who left school at minimum leaving age with few or no qualifications and are returning to education many years later. Its focus is on a particular course in history, politics, and economics offered to students in Liverpool, England. The handbook is intended for use as the basis for group work, not for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Daily Living Skills, Economics Education, Foreign Countries
Kalat, James W. – 1996
Chapters in this textbook for college students in introductory psychology courses are: (1) What is Psychology?; (2) Scientific Methods in Psychology; (3) Biological Psychology; (4) Sensation and Perception; (5) Altered States; (6) Learning; (7) Memory; (8) Cognition and Language; (9) Intelligence and Its Measurement; (10) Development; (11)…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Theories, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking
Gresczyk, Rick; And Others – 1981
Prepared for intermediate and secondary teachers and students, this unit is intended to improve public speaking, listening, and memory skills of students and to teach them about the Ojibwe tribe, its leaders, and the values expressed in their speeches. Introductory material provides a brief history of the Ojibwe tribe and discusses the oral…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indians, Biographies
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