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Rysavy, S. Del Marie – 1990
The purpose of this study was to determine an optimal schedule for the frequency and spacing of drill and practice in the learning of verbal information. Subjects for the first phase were 62 fourth, fifth, and sixth graders in a public elementary school. Using a computer-based drill involving the naming of the capitals of the 50 states of the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Drills (Practice), Elementary Education, Grade 4
Lochhead, Jack – 1988
This document asserts that mathematics is becoming essential to many more disciplines. The paper is an attempt to describe the sorts of curricular changes which many mathematics educators are now recommending. The paper discusses: (1) mathematical power; (2) mathematics instruction; (3) new research directions; (4) mathematical thinking and…
Descriptors: Calculators, College Mathematics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
Weatherford, H. Jarold – 1990
A variety of classroom techniques for second language vocabulary learning are described, based on the principle that different approaches work with different students under varying conditions. The techniques include: rote rehearsal; the use of visual aids, including items that are acted out by students for the benefit of the class; role-playing;…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Contrastive Linguistics