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Hamachek, Alice L. – 1991
Reading is fundamental to learning. Vital to learning is memory, which is the mental faculty used to retrieve what was read and understood. The human brain is about the size of a grapefruit and weighs about as much as a head of cabbage. The cerebral cortex is a kind of problem-solving and memorizing device. The hippocampus plays a critically…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Processes
Reetz, Linda J. – 1987
Seven memory strategies that can be taught to college students with learning disabilities or students who have not learned essential study skills are described: the method of loci, pegwords, keywords, rote rehearsal, chaining, clustering, and first letter mnemonics. To help college faculty provide direct instruction in the memory strategies, the…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Students, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
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Cardinale, Loretta A. – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 1991
Preservice teachers in an introductory microcomputer class received an advance organizer to help them learn about microcomputer components. The advance organizer facilitated learning by providing an opportunity for them to build schema. (SM)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Memorization