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Ngeow, Karen; Kong, Yoon-San – 2003
Suggesting that properly designed and thoughtfully implemented discussion tasks can be an effective learning tool, this Digest discusses a learning-through-discussion framework that is designed to promote creativity and generate meaningful interaction and understanding for the learner. It discusses that goals of discussion and describes four…
Descriptors: Debate, Discussion, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Secondary Education
Alvarez, Marino C.; Risko, Victoria J. – 1989
Schema theorists have advanced the understanding of reading comprehension by describing how prior knowledge can enhance a reader's interaction with the text. Accordingly, comprehension occurs when a reader is able to use prior knowledge and experience to interpret a text's message. Educators and researchers have suggested numerous instructional…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Prior Learning, Reader Text Relationship
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
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