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Grubaugh, Steven; And Others – Forum for Reading, 1991
Provides a checklist which can be used to help students become more independent learners by guiding them through a self-assessment of their abilities to learn how to learn and to establish clear goals with corresponding strategies for improvement. Provides educators with current references relating to such assessment procedures. (MG)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Higher Education, Learning
Peer reviewedSparkes, John J. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1999
Learning-centered teaching involves adopting teaching methods such as student-centered learning, active learning, didactic teaching, and problem-based learning where they are appropriate. Describes this process and makes recommendations. (Author/CCM)
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Download full textGere, Anne Ruggles, Ed. – 1985
Written by teachers, the chapters in this book show how writing fosters learning in math, science, English, social studies, foreign language, philosophy, psychology, and art. Following an introduction by Anne Ruggles Gere, the first chapter, "Writing to Learn: The Nurse Log Classroom," by Steve Pearse, presents a comprehensive overview…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Writing, Education, Instruction
Biomedical Interdisciplinary Curriculum Project, Berkeley, CA. – 1976
This collection contains lessons in 4 subjects related to learning: (1) visual perception; (2) learning; (3) cognitive growth; and (4) moral development. Activities dominate each lesson and students are expected to do some experimentation outside the classroom. Each of the 20 lessons presents: (1) a synopsis; (2) objectives; (3) necessary…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Health, Health Education, Learning
Bloom, Benjamin S. – Principal, 1986
Reviews breakthrough studies in the development of higher mental processes. These studies include: (1) influences on talent development; (2) the relative effects of tutoring, mastery learning, and conventional group instruction on student achievement; (3) the importance of cognitive prerequisites; (4) textbook organization; and (5) methods of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Development
Little, David – 1981
This module on the learning process is the tenth of 11 modules in the set, Introduction to Teaching Adults. Designed to meet the learning needs of part-time continuing education instructors, these modules can be used as resource materials for local workshops or study-discussion groups, as self-instruction (each module takes approximately two…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Autoinstructional Aids
Belbin, Eunice; And Others – 1981
A project was undertaken to develop an experimental program to help young people acquire a generalized strategy for learning after they leave school. Other objectives of the program were to help teachers improve their understanding and use of various learning strategies, to develop an induction course for those purposes (entitled the "How do…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Continuing Education
