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Joni M. Lakin; Jon Wai; Paula Olszewski-Kubilius; Susan Corwith; Danielle Rothschild; David Uttal – Grantee Submission, 2024
Spatial thinking permeates much of our lives and is an asset when solving problems involving well-structured visual information or imagining solutions in physical or digital space. However, an estimated three million US school children have spatial talents that go unrecognized because of the tools commonly used for identification of academic…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Mathematics
Joni M. Lakin; Jonathan Wai; Paula Olszewski-Kubilius; Susan Corwith; Danielle Rothschild; David H. Uttal – Gifted Child Today, 2024
Spatial thinking permeates much of our lives and is an asset when solving problems involving well-structured visual information or imagining solutions in physical or digital space. However, an estimated three million US school children have spatial talents that go unrecognized because of the tools commonly used for identification of academic…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Mathematics
Careaga-Tagüeña, Maite; Sanabria-Pulido, Pablo – Teaching Public Administration, 2022
Public affairs education can benefit from the potential of active learning practices in preparing students for the complex surroundings of real public service. This article aims to explore the use of those practices in public affairs education and the extent to which those practices are suitable in a public affairs school in a country in the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Public Affairs Education, 21st Century Skills
Steven Sclarow; A. J. Raven; Mart Doyle – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2024
This paper presents field-tested improvements over an 11-year period of a large-scale "Introduction to Information Systems" core business school course and provides a framework for implementation. Engagement and learning in large-scale courses can prove challenging, especially when the class is a requirement within a business school's…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Information Systems, Large Group Instruction, Introductory Courses
Snell, Emily K.; Hindman, Annemarie H.; Wasik, Barbara A. – Reading Teacher, 2015
Vocabulary development is critical for children's ability to learn to read and their success at school. Vocabulary has also been identified as a key factor in the achievement gap, with children from low-income families knowing significantly fewer words when they enter school. Although book reading has long been celebrated as an effective way for…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Intervention, Preschool Children, Kindergarten
Ferrarello, Daniela; Mammana, Maria Flavia; Pennisi, Mario – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2014
In this paper, we present the results of an experimental sequence of classroom activities on geometric transformations, proposed to high-school students. The activity is based on the use of a dynamic geometry system. Planned by a group of four people, two university professors and two research teachers, the activity has been elaborated together…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Transformations (Mathematics), High School Students, Class Activities
Schellenberg, Suzanne; Negishi, Meiko; Eggen, Paul – Teaching Educational Psychology, 2011
The study compared the academic achievement, as measured by final examination scores, of an experimental group of undergraduate educational psychology students who were provided with concrete mechanisms designed to promote metacognition and the use of specific encoding strategies to the achievement of a control group of similar students who were…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Class Activities, Student Attitudes
Williams, Adrienne E.; Aguilar-Roca, Nancy M.; Tsai, Michelle; Wong, Matthew; Beaupre, Marin Moravec; O'Dowd, Diane K. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2011
This study evaluates the impact of an independent postmidterm question analysis exercise on the ability of students to answer subsequent exam questions on the same topics. It was conducted in three sections (~400 students/section) of introductory biology. Graded midterms were returned electronically, and each student was assigned a subset of…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Homework, Academic Achievement, Biology
Hawk, Thomas F.; Shah, Amit J. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2007
The emergence of numerous learning style models over the past 25 years has brought increasing attention to the idea that students learn in diverse ways and that one approach to teaching does not work for every student or even most students. We have reviewed five learning style instruments (the Kolb Learning Style Indicator, the Gregorc Style…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Learning Strategies, Learning Motivation, Teaching Methods
Powers, Sherry W. – Indiana Reading Journal, 2001
Examines the use of the Herringbone technique as a writing tool with fourth-grade children. Notes that the Herringbone technique provides students with a structure for identifying and organizing important story elements and observing relationships when reading or writing. Demonstrates that the Herringbone strategy is a useful tool for effective…
Descriptors: Characterization, Class Activities, Grade 4, Instructional Effectiveness
Gellert, Uwe – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2004
This paper reflects on the use of didactic material in mathematics classes. It focuses on the mathematical activities of students and the didactical activities of teachers. Its point of departure is a critique of technical-managerial approaches to teaching, learning, and innovation. Based on this critique, fundamental tensions between the…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Mathematics Instruction, Class Activities, Educational Innovation
Ensslin, Astrid – Language Learning Journal, 2006
Literary hypertext has often been acknowledged as the embodiment of poststructuralist literary theory (e.g. Coover, 1992; Landow, 1997; Bolter, 2001). The only literary medium that is produced, edited, published and received electronically, it encourages readings that defy the conventionally linear decoding process. With respect to text…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Constructivism (Learning), Class Activities, Creative Writing
Holec, H. – 1992
The role of learning strategies in independent learning, particularly second language learning, is discussed. It is argued that "learning to learn" is a necessary, although not sufficient, condition for independent learning. It is also not innate, but must be taught. The learner must learn to define his objectives, accomplish them, evaluate…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Educational Objectives, Educational Strategies
Borodkin, Thelma – 1987
A discussion of cloze procedure and Directed Reading and Thinking Activity (DRTA) proposes that the complementary use of the two procedures helps develop student awareness of language-learning processes (metacognition) for improved language proficiency. The paper defines metacognition, cloze, and DRTA, describes their use in teaching, reviews…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cloze Procedure, Cognitive Processes
Chaffee, Steven H.; And Others – 1997
A study examined the effects on political socialization of students in grades 5-6, based on teachers' use of local newspapers in classrooms throughout Argentina (except in Buenos Aires) during the 1995 school year. The newspaper program was sponsored by the Association of Dailies of the Interior Region of Argentina. Data were collected by…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Grade 6
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