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Archer, Anita L.; Isaacson, Stephen L. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1990
Three assumptions regarding good teacher education are presented. Teaching strategies are then categorized and discussed according to their place in a training sequence: before, during, and after the training. Each of the teaching strategies promotes generalization of the instructional skills taught. (JDD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization, Learning Strategies, Postsecondary Education
Dansereau, Donald; Brooks, Larry W. – 1984
Part of a collection of papers commissioned by Foundations, a career development project sponsored by the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), the paper reviews research on transfer of knowledge and skills from one situation to another. A transfer classification scheme is proposed based on the notion that an individual's knowledge can…
Descriptors: Deafness, Generalization, Hearing Impairments, Learning Processes
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Katims, David S. – Preventing School Failure, 1990
The article presents a model of learning based on the four learning stages of (1) acquisition, (2) proficiency, (3) maintenance, and (4) generalization. The importance of directing instruction at the appropriate learning stage is stressed and examples are given. (DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization, Learning Strategies
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Montague, Marjorie – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1989
Research relevant to improving instruction for learning disabled students with mathematical problem solving deficits is reviewed. Using a cognitive-metacognitive framework, techniques for teaching both specific and comprehensive mathematical problem solving strategies as well as techniques to enhance strategy generalization are presented.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Miller, Doug – Camping Magazine, 1995
Describes a sequential approach to learning that matches levels and types of activities to the developmental level of a group at any given stage of the learning process. Emphasizes the importance of facilitators encouraging participants to reflect on learning experiences through debriefing, processing, and transfer. Includes suggestions for…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Generalization, Group Dynamics, Group Experience
Gass, Michael; Priest, Simon – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Leadership, 1993
A strategy for transferring learning from adventure experiences to daily life situations incorporates the use of isomorphs and metaphors. Explains how to develop isomorphic frames and select metaphoric experiences that can be used in adventure programming, especially with clients in therapy. (LP)
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Experiential Learning, Generalization, Imagery
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Rosenthal-Malek, Andrea L. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1997
This article presents a strategy to teach young children with developmental delays how to interact cooperatively and effectively on their own initiative. Based on metacognitive research, this social skills training program, called social metacognitive strategy training, is designed to help students generalize social skills from one activity to…
Descriptors: Developmental Delays, Early Childhood Education, Generalization, Interpersonal Competence
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Sugden, David A. – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1989
Under the National Curriculum in the United Kingdom, children with learning difficulties will need to use transfer skills for various cross-curricular themes. To promote transfer, the use of cognitive strategies is recommended, including perceived similarity, analysis of the learning context, expert scaffolding, and detailed planning of practice…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Van Reusen, Anthony K.; Head, Daniel N. – RE:view, 1994
This article addresses teaching students with visual impairments metacognitive learning strategies to improve their academic performance. Topics discussed include intrinsic motivation and self-concept; structuring and activating schemata; using cognitive modeling and verbal self-instructional procedures; teaching self-regulatory procedures; and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blindness, Cognitive Processes, Generalization
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Gable, Robert A.; And Others – Preventing School Failure, 1992
An instructional process for facilitating maintenance and generalization of academic skills is presented, using the ABCD'S (Antecedent Events, Behavior, Consequent Events, Data, and Setting Events) Generalization Intervention Model. (JDD)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization
Telzrow, Cathy F.; Speer, Barbara – Techniques, 1986
Effective intervention strategies for learning disabled students should recognize such cognitive deficiencies as weaknesses in attention, memory deficits, and problems in generalizing and abstracting information. Approaches which emphasize enhanced learning processes include: self-monitoring; repetition and deliberate instruction in control…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Attention Span, Cognitive Processes, Generalization
Luckner, John L.; Nadler, Reldan S. – 1997
This book contends that learning is enhanced through active involvement in personally meaningful experiences accompanied by processing for meaning and future use. While some processing takes place automatically, much can be done strategically to enhance and generalize learning. Intended as a resource for experiential educators and therapists, this…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adolescents, Adventure Education, Case Studies
Foxx, R. M.; And Others – 1987
This paper describes the development and use of language training procedures, referred to as cues-pause-point procedures, that rely on behavioral principles and simple and natural teaching procedures and that are exhibited in many normal parent-child or teacher-student verbal interactions. The procedures have been effective in teaching severely…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Communication Disorders, Cues