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Ormrod, Jeanne Ellis – Research in the Teaching of English, 1986
Describes three experiments exploring the learning of new words by university students. Among the findings are (1) students can learn word spellings while reading them in context, and (2) instructions to learn words and additional representations of a word facilitate learning. (HOD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Context Clues, Educational Research, Higher Education
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McCarthy, Lucille Parkinson; Fishman, Stephen M. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1991
Explores the learning experiences of college students in an Introduction to Philosophy course and the learning experiences of research collaborators themselves. Finds that learning involves juxtaposing conflicting ways of knowing and that learning occurs when authority for knowledge is redistributed. (PRA)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, College Students, Educational Research, Higher Education