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Wiens, J. Wayne – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1983
Literature on metacognition, particularly studies by A. L. Brown and J. H. Flavell, are reviewed, and it is argued that a learning disabled adolescent may become a more active learner by being taught a system of strategies for learning. Comprehension skills, motivation, and metacognitive skills are interdependent. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comprehension, Learning Disabilities, Learning Processes
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Journal of Reading, 1990
Describes three metacognitive abilities important for learning: self-knowledge, task knowledge, and self-monitoring. Identifies six metacognitive characteristics that separate proficient readers from less effective readers. Lists five principles on which independent learning is based. (RS)
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Metacognition, Reading Ability, Reading Processes
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Fritz, Margaret – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2002
Defines active learning as students actively involved in the learning process. Suggests that to learn actively, students need to know their learning styles and engage with the subject matter. Concludes that students who know their learning styles and are allowed to choose time management methods, note-taking systems, textbook marking methods and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cognitive Style, Group Discussion, Higher Education
Melton, Louisa; Pickett, Winston; Sherer, Gail – 1999
This booklet examines the learning process in reading, not with an eye to simple solutions, but with concern about problems and potential remedies. Within this framework, it discusses research on the brain and learning processes and suggests some ways to improve instruction for all children in grades K-8. After an introduction, sections of the…
Descriptors: Brain, Early Reading, Elementary Education, Learning Processes
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Taylor, Shawn – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 1999
Considers how many students come to hold mistaken beliefs about the learning process, thus depriving themselves of the opportunity to reason out their difficulties and discover their capabilities. Explores how students, through developing metacognitive skills, can examine misconceptions about learning and begin to acquire new habits of thoughts…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Metacognition
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Robertson, Harvette M.; Priest, Billie; Fullwood, Harry L. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2001
Twenty ways are presented to help students with special needs gain and apply learning strategies more efficiently, including helping students discriminate whether information is useful or irrelevant, focusing on metacognitive development, encouraging self-sufficiency, helping students organize material into meaningful units, and having student…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Spragg, Paul A. – 1984
The paper suggests that a cognitive or psychoeducational perspective is valuable in counseling mentally retarded individuals. Psychoeducational considerations in pretreatment assessment, with an emphasis on process rather than product, are noted; and it is explained that counseling of mentally retarded persons can be enhanced through the use of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Counseling Techniques, Learning Processes, Mental Retardation
Hanson, J. Robert – 1996
The brain's architecture serves as the basic model for theorizing about how the brain works. Current brain research confirms earlier suspicions that thoughtfulness has a great deal more complexity than the simplistic left/right distinctions of earlier research. This paper draws on the work of Carl Jung to propose the brain-psyche model as an…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Style, Curriculum
Language Australia, Melbourne (Victoria). Adult Education Resource and Information Service. – 2000
Successful adult students employ strategies to learn, and effective adult education programs attend to the development of learning by enabling students to study learning processes in addition to content. Good learners have the ability to identify goals and the steps required to achieve them, identify the strengths of their own learning, actively…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adults, Cognitive Processes, Learning Processes
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Billingsley, Bonnie S.; Wildman, Terry M. – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1990
This article addresses the planning of metacognitive instruction in reading, including such elements of metacognitive theory as metacognitive knowledge, self-regulation, comprehension monitoring, and regulation. Metacognitive goals for instruction, selected research in improving reading comprehension, and specific instructional implications for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Processes, Metacognition
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Roman, Christine A.; Zimmerman, George J. – RE:view, 1994
This article discusses the metacognitive approach of mediated learning theory and its application to orientation and mobility (O&M) instruction for individuals with visual impairments. The theory is explained, and the structure of a typical O&M lesson is outlined, followed by an example of using the approach in a trip to the drug store. (DB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Daily Living Skills, Instructional Development, Learning Processes
Rafoth, Mary Ann; And Others – 1993
This seven chapter book offers guidance to elementary and secondary teachers on how to help students develop strategic study skills. Chapter 1 summarizes current knowledge about information-processing theory, the teacher's role in facilitating learning, and the necessity for changes in instructional techniques across grade levels. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning, Learning Processes
Olivier, Carolyn; Bowler, Rosemary F. – 1996
This guide to learning disabilities is primarily based on the experiences of parents and staff at Landmark College (Vermont), a two-year college specifically for students with learning disabilities. Chapter 1 introduces a group of Landmark parents and students who share their feelings and concerns. Chapter 2 describes learning by seeing, hearing,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Methods, Educational Principles
Bingman, Mary Beth – 1989
This document explains various approaches to diagnosing learning disabilities in adults learning to read and approaches to teaching these adults. Following an introduction, the first three sections answer the questions What are learning disabilities? How do learning disabilities affect reading? and How is a learning disability diagnosed? A section…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Marzano, Robert J.; And Others – 1988
Organizing and clarifying research and theory from diverse sources, including philosophy and cognitive psychology, this book provides a framework intended to help educational practitioners (principals, supervisors, curriculum directors, and teachers) plan programs for incorporating the teaching of thinking throughout the regular curriculum.…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Content Area Reading, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking