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Kuhn, Matt; Hubbell, Elizabeth R.; Pitler, Howard – ASCD, 2012
If you've upgraded to the second edition of the landmark book "Classroom Instruction That Works," you need this companion guide to help you use technology to support research-based instruction. The authors follow the revised Instructional Planning Guide that makes it easier for you to know when to emphasize each of the instructional strategies,…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Educational Strategies, Educational Technology, Cooperative Learning

Thompson, Roger K. R. – Teaching of Psychology, 1987
An advanced undergraduate comparative psychology course is described. Reviews the methodological goals and traditional roles of comparative psychology courses. Focuses on research strategies for relating group differences to specific processes and for inferring the evolutionary and developmental histories of behavior. The conclusion stresses the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Course Descriptions, Educational Methods, Higher Education

Scahill, Edward M. – Journal of Economic Education, 1998
Compares the real incomes of U.S. and Estonian workers using a procedure from Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." Argues that the application of Twain's logic to the recent economic development of Estonia provides a colorful approach to teaching economic issues. (DSK)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Costs, Economics Education, Foreign Countries

Duquette, Georges – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1985
The relative influence of cultural insights, first language skills, and purely cognitive or linguistic factors in successful second-language learning is discussed. The teacher is encouraged to reflect on the value of and experiment with providing cultural background to language acquisition. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context

Armstrong, Colin – Clearing House, 1987
Reports on two common views of learning styles, and presents a set of activities to show how curriculum can reflect each learning style. Discusses a method for accommodating all learning styles. (MM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Design

Graves, Michael F.; Prenn, Maureen C. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Specifies some of the different word learning tasks students face, describes different levels of word knowledge, notes three types of costs involved in instruction, and discusses the costs and benefits of some specific methods of vocabulary instruction. (HOD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Cost Effectiveness, Learning Strategies
Bowen, Dorothy N.; Bowen, Earle A., Jr. – 1988
Differences between the learning styles of Western and African students are highlighted in this discussion of theological education in African schools. Since many of the teachers in theological institutions are either westerners, or have been educated in the West, Western learning style is the one most rewarded in the classroom, and those students…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Field Dependence Independence, Foreign Countries
Tamada, Yutaka – 1997
A discussion of second language learning strategies (LLS) first reviews research on defining, classifying, and listing LLS, then looks at studies on factors affecting learners' LLS choices, and finally examines their application in second language teaching. A definition of LLS as "specific action taken by the learner to make learning easier,…
Descriptors: Classification, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Definitions

Zachry, William H. – Teaching of Psychology, 1985
Inquiry teaching requires students to engage in hypothesis formation, collection and evaluation of evidence, and the drawing of logical conclusions. Prerequisite skills for inquiry learning are discussed, and examples of inquiry learning in a college level general psychology course are presented. (RM)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Discovery Learning, Higher Education
Ross, Steven M.; And Others – Educational Technology, 1988
Description of a microcomputer-based instructional strategy used to adapt computer assisted instruction (CAI) to individual learners' needs highlights its use with elementary school arithmetic classes to solve work problems. Experiments with a control group that received conventional problems are described, and applications for undergraduate…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education
Lutjeharms, Madeline – 1985
Techniques and approaches useful for developing reading comprehension and reading skills in second language learners are discussed and illustrated with examples from German. Literature is reviewed on: the effectiveness of reading while listening, transfer of skills and knowledge from one language to another, the role of guessing in reading…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Comparative Analysis, Context Clues, Dictionaries
Anderson, Johnny R. – 1987
A guide to English pronunciation instruction for native Spanish speakers uses eight basic steps to find and use appropriate techniques to address a specific phonological problem. The steps are (1) calling the student's attention to the learning point; (2) focusing attention on the problem area; (3) sharpening student recognition of the sound in…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Articulation (Speech), Bilingual Education, Classroom Techniques
Schmitt, Norbert; Schmitt, Diane Rae – Thai TESOL Bulletin, 1993
This article discusses second language vocabulary learning strategies and includes an analysis and classification of possible strategies and the report of a study conducted among second language learners in Japan. Research on vocabulary learning strategies is synthesized into two lists of strategies: 14 methods for initial learning of a new word's…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grammar
Lazaruk, Walter A.; And Others – 1980
The handbook is a service publication for teachers of French as a second language. Each of five articles addresses a specific issue. "Teaching and Learning Strategies" (Walter A. Lazaruk) reviews the four skills approach used in second language learning. A communication model of teaching, used alongside study of the language itself, is…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Educational Strategies