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Beecher, Jeff – 1988
Researchers have long debated on whether note-taking results in improved student performance on tests. Over the years, researchers have tried to verify that note-taking helps students "encode" the information involved and that notes are valuable as materials for review. C. C. Crawford's 1925 study concluded that taking notes was better…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Encoding (Psychology), Higher Education, Learning Strategies
Whitman, Neal A.; And Others – 1987
Ways that college faculty can increase students' learning by reducing stress are identified. Consideration is given to: the effects of stress on learning, the value of feedback and control, the importance of the interaction between faculty and students, the value of stress awareness, and what students can do. When given properly, feedback can…
Descriptors: College Students, Feedback, Helping Relationship, Higher Education
Christen, William L.; Murphy, Thomas J. – 1991
It appears that the value of providing students with strategies to activate their prior knowledge base or to build a base if one does not exist is supported by current research. Creating an opportunity to challenge students to call on their collective experiences (prior knowledge) is essential. Through this process, teachers move students from…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Processes
Risinger, C. Frederick – 1986
The workshop is the most convenient and frequent means of inservice education. The purposes and types of social studies inservice workshops are examined, guidelines for effective planning and implementation are provided, and helpful hints and areas of caution designed to assist in conducting successful workshops are suggested. Six typical formats…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Conferences, Curriculum Development, Evaluation
Bonwell, Charles C.; Eison, James A. – 1991
This brief report summarizes a longer document with the same title. It reviews literature on the importance of using active learning teaching techniques in the classroom, describes what active learning is, discusses how this technique can be incorporated into the classroom and identifies barriers to the use of this approach. Strategies that…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, College Faculty
Striplin, Jenny J. – 1999
This digest discusses the challenges facing first-generation students, and offers strategies for helping them to transfer to four-year institutions. A first-generation community college student attends a community college, and his or her parents have not obtained a college degree. Large waves of immigration have affected community colleges; many…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Cultural Differences
Lazere, Donald – 1987
Noting that college-level critical thinking instruction is now an interdisciplinary movement coordinating such fields as English, rhetoric, philosophy, and developmental psychology, this digest surveys the history of critical thinking studies in these converging disciplines and argues that literature study preeminently encompasses the mental…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Psychology, College English, Critical Thinking