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Forness, Steven R.; Kavale, Kenneth A. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1993
A meta-analysis of 268 studies suggested a deficit in subjects with mental retardation (compared to controls without mental retardation) across 12 categories of learning tasks, a relative deficit which remained, after training, across 7 categories of strategies. When strategy training was evaluated, the effect size was 0.701, which compares…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
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Shannon, Maureen; Rice, Dale R. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1982
Hemispheric preferences of high and low ability, right-handed elementary school children (n=70) were investigated using the Your Style of Learning and Thinking instrument. Results showed a significant difference between the two groups on integrated responses, with the high ability group having a higher preference for integrated functioning…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
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Rao, Zhenhui – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2006
This study investigated Chinese students' use of language learning strategies, and then interpreted the data from cultural and educational perspectives. Using a Strategy Inventory for Language Learning, the researcher discovered some common features shared by Chinese students in their use of learning strategies. An in-depth analysis of the results…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers