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Oxford, Rebecca L.; Gkonou, Christina – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
Culture, language, and learning strategies form a grand tapestry, which is this article's theme. The authors explain each part of the tapestry, provide ideas for teaching all parts in a smoothly united way, and explore key cultural issues (i.e., cognitive flexibility, ethnocultural empathy, intercultural understanding, and needs of intercultural…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Teaching Methods, Empathy, Cultural Awareness
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Henderson, Peter; Hodgen, Jeremy; Foster, Colin; Kuchemann, Dietmar – Education Endowment Foundation, 2017
This guidance report focuses on the teaching of mathematics to pupils in Key Stages 2 and 3. It is not intended to provide a comprehensive guide to mathematics teaching. We have made recommendations where there are research findings that schools can use to make a significant difference to pupils' learning, and have focused on the questions that…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Elementary Education, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction
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Skinner, Christopher H. – Psychology in the Schools, 2010
Almost all academic skills deficits can be conceptualized as learning rate problems as students are not failing to learn, but not learning rapidly enough. Thus, when selecting among various possible remedial procedures, educators need an evidence base that indicates which procedure results in the greatest increases in learning rates. Previous…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Learning Strategies, Comparative Analysis
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Steffens, Karl – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2008
Self-regulated learning (SRL) has become an important topic in education during the last three decades. At the same time, advances in technology have made it possible to create complex Technology Enhanced Learning Environments (TELEs). While there is some evidence that these TELEs have the potential to foster SRL, there is only little research on…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Models, Research Methodology
Keefe, James W. – 1987
A cognitive processing model was adopted by the task force developing the National Association of Secondary School Principals' (NASSP) Learning Style Profile (LSP). The LSP contains 23 independent scales representing four higher order factors: cognitive skills; perceptual responses; study preferences; and instructional preferences. The subscales…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies
Gunstone, Richard F.; And Others – 1986
Recent years have seen a substantial growth in research that probes children's ideas about natural phenomena. This paper places that research in a context which enables comprehension of how it informs and influences the practice of science education. To this end, past, present, and future styles of research are considered to: (1) demonstrate links…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies
Parcel, Guy S. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1984
Selected behavioral change theories, multiple theory models, and teaching models that may be useful to research studies in health education are examined in this article. A brief outline of applications of theory for the field of school health education is offered. (Author/DF)
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Educational Research, Educational Theories, Health Education
Slotnick, Robert S.; Jeger, Abraham M. – 1985
This paper describes a demonstration of an instructional package consisting of original, interactive microcomputer-based simulations and accompanying faculty and student guides designed to assist in teaching introductory psychology. An Apple IIe computer and color monitor were used. The paper contains: (1) a purpose statement; (2) a brief summary…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Courseware, Higher Education
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Miller, Alan – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1991
Outlines a new personality typology that provides a coherent system for construing and conducting research on learning styles. Discusses analytic, holistic, objective, and subjective styles as the affect versatility. Presents implications for educational goals, such as determining which students can benefit from stylistic versatility and which…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Style, Educational Objectives, Higher Education
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Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1990
This article describes the concept and varieties of mnemonic instruction and how mnemonics interacts with the specific learning characteristics of learning-disabled students. The effectiveness of the techniques, as reported in research studies, is described. Implications for classroom instruction and further research are provided. (DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Sebrechts, Marc M.; Schooler, Lael J. – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1987
Describes the development of an artificial intelligence system called GIDE that analyzes student errors in statistics problems by inferring the students' intentions. Learning strategies involved in problem solving are discussed and the inclusion of goal structures is explained. (LRW)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Diagnostic Teaching, Inferences
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Lieberman, Henry – Instructional Science, 1986
Describes a programming environment called Tinker, in which a beginning programmer presents examples to the machine, distinguishing accidental and essential aspects of the examples. Examples of programming in Tinker are presented in which programmers demonstrate how to handle specific examples and the machine formulates a procedure for handling…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Decision Making, Educational Environment, Feedback
Stoane, Cynthia – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1985
Discusses what it is about home learning that creates a need for study skills improvement and the study skills required for successful home learning (information processing and personal skills, and support strategies). The role and responsibilities of educational technologists in helping learners to acquire effective study skills are considered.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Distance Education, Instructional Design, Instructional Improvement
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Desforges, Charles – Westminster Studies in Education, 1989
Observed that teachers and students play reciprocal roles in learning. States that students learn in schemata units, and provides the list of teaching skills required to maximize these methods. Concludes that teachers must understand children's intellectual processes in order to nurture them. (NL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Learning
Brand, Eva; Strauss, Sidney – 1997
This paper describes the mental model children have of their own learning, derived from their behaviors when learning a song. The basic assumption of the study is that behavior is an outward expression of a psychological entity. The song chosen for the study was a complex, unfamiliar Zulu song. Thirty-six children in three age groups participated…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Elementary Education
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