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Almarode, John; Fisher, Douglas; Frey, Nancy – Corwin, 2021
The content, skills, and understandings students need to learn today are as diverse, complex, and multidimensional as the students in our classrooms. How can educators best create the learning experiences students need to truly learn? "How Learning Works: A Playbook" unpacks the science of how students learn and translates that knowledge…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Learning Experience, Context Effect, Classroom Environment
Schiering, Marjorie S.; Bogner, Drew; Buli-Holmberg, Jorun – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011
Learners are multi-faceted, unique people. Discovering the whole individual is incumbent upon realizing the teaching/learning environments, common social and societal realities, and belief and value systems respective of academic and socio-societal factors that establish who one is as a learner and teacher. In "Learning and Teaching," the authors…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Learning Processes, Memory, Educational Strategies
Willis, Judy – Childhood Education, 2007
The past two decades have provided extraordinary progress in our understanding of the nature of learning. Never before have neuroscience and classroom instruction been so closely linked. Now, educators can find evidence-based neuroimaging and brain-mapping studies to determine the most effective ways to teach, as advances in technology enable…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Memory, Brain, Cognitive Processes
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

Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. – Roeper Review, 1984
A review of recent studies indicates that gifted learners spontaneously produce more effective learning strategies than comparison groups and benefit from the use of more complex, externally provided strategies. Implications include the use of slower presentation rates for new information, spatial organization of prose content, and…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Learning Processes
Hodges, Daniel L. – 1982
As an aid to increasing teacher effectiveness, this paper outlines findings derived from the field of cognitive psychology on the way in which memory operates, provides examples, and suggests a variety of ways the information can be applied in teaching. Among the findings cited are the following: (1) some types of information can be encoded (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Community Colleges, Learning Processes

Konopak, Bonnie C.; Williams, Nancy L. – Reading Teacher, 1988
Noting the use of mental pictures to aid students' learning--the keyword method--is effective for both good and poor readers, describes specific methods, provides research to support their use, and presents classroom applications that lead from teacher instruction to students' independent learning. (NH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Improvement, Language Acquisition, Learning Processes
Williams, Sheri S. – Adult Education (London), 1979
The teacher's job is to help people to learn; memory is an integral part of the learning process. The author argues that the memory can be developed by specific methods and that teachers can help their students to learn more effectively by showing them some simple way to improve memory. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Cues, Imagery, Learning Processes
Garner, Betty K. – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2007
Whenever students can't remember, don't comprehend, or won't follow through on your instructions, here's a guide that explores the root cause for these and other learning problems and shows you how to set students on the path to understanding and success. Learning expert Betty K. Garner explains the mental processes students need to gather,…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Learning Strategies, At Risk Students, Teaching Methods

Larsen, Janet D. – Teaching of Psychology, 1991
Describes a demonstration to illustrate the importance of knowing what is supposed to be learned before studying begins. Suggests that the exercise may be used to show the basic elements of a scientific experiment. Explains that attention's effect upon memory is shown by students' tendency to remember best what they are told to remember. (DK)
Descriptors: Attention, Demonstrations (Educational), Educational Psychology, Experiments
Cummings, Alysa – 1987
Aimed at classroom teachers interested in teaching learning skills to their elementary and secondary students, this guide offers an alternative to teaching "facts" that may rapidly become outdated. The guide is based on Dr. Leslie Hart's Proster Theory, which proposes that the brain requires large amounts of input to function; that after…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Richards, Regina G. – 1993
The methods outlined in this guide offer teachers a variety of ways to stimulate interest, enhance concentration, increase understanding, and improve memory in their students. Chapter 1 discusses the LEARN (Learning Efficiently And Remembering Mnemonics) system, a set of strategies that help students use a variety of processing styles to a greater…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Learning Processes

Elwell, William C. – Clearing House, 1985
Describes activities designed to help students think critically and to accurately process information. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education

Novak, Joseph D. – American Biology Teacher, 1980
The material presented in this article is intended to help students learn how to learn. The seven key concepts of David Ausubel's assimilation theory for cognitive learning are discussed with reference to the classroom. Concept mapping is suggested as a tool for demonstrating how the seven key concepts function. (SA)
Descriptors: Biology, Concept Formation, Concept Mapping, Information Processing
Blankenship, Glen – Georgia Social Science Journal, 1989
Cites reports pointing to a lack of geographical literacy in the United States. Provides a lesson plan on the identification of countries in the Middle East, utilizing repetitive drill and mnemonic devices. Describes this activity as one way of helping students remember place-name geography facts. (RW)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Geographic Concepts
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