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Billing, David – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2007
This article is a result of a completed survey of the mainly cognitive science literature on the transferability of those skills which have been described variously as "core", "key", and "generic". The literature reveals that those predominantly cognitive skills which have been studied thoroughly (mainly problem solving) are transferable under…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Skill Development, Higher Education, Social Environment

Mayer, Richard E. – Theory into Practice, 2002
Examines the six categories that make up the cognitive process dimension of Bloom's Taxonomy Table, as well as the 19 specific cognitive processes that fit within them. After describing three learning outcomes, the paper focuses on retention versus transfer of learning and rote versus meaningful learning, discussing how teaching and assessment can…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Strategies

Kember, David – Higher Education, 1996
Emerging research evidence of an approach to learning that combines memorization and comprehension, particularly from Asia, is examined and possible explanations for it are discussed. It is proposed that this approach may explain the apparent paradox of high achievement is Asian cultures, where rote learning in stressed. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Cultural Context, Educational Research

Schultz, Emeric – Biochemical Education, 1997
Argues that more attention should be given to teaching students how to learn the rudiments of specific metabolic pathways. This approach describes a unique way of learning the glycolytic pathway in stepwise fashion. The pedagogy involves clear rote components that are connected to a set of generalizations that develop and enhance important…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Biology, Concept Formation, Discovery Processes
Wang, Alvin Y.; And Others – 1989
Assessing the effect of memory improvement strategies upon long-term forgetting, two studies investigated the influence of popular mnemonic devices (the keyword method and the "method of loci") upon forgetting relative to rote rehearsal. The first study (79 subjects) compared the forgetting of French vocabulary words learned either by…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
Weinstein, Claire E.; And Others – 1980
The Learning Activities Questionnaire (LAQ) was designed and developed to identify which of the following learning strategies were used by individuals in a variety of academic and training environments: rote (passive and active); physical; elaboration; and grouping. After undergoing two pilot tests, the final version of the LAQ was administered to…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Military Personnel
Hargett, Melissa Q.; And Others – 1994
Although research over the past 20 years has examined the dynamics of student learning, most initial studies focused on how scholastic aptitude tests and teacher rating scales predicted academic success. This study attempts to determine the relationship between scholastic aptitude and three approaches to learning: (1) presage; (2) process; and (3)…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, College Students, Higher Education
Canelos, James; And Others – 1982
Two content-independent learning strategies were evaluated to determine their effectiveness in facilitating learning on two types of information-processing tasks, spatial learning and concept learning. The network strategy used imagery with a peg-mnemonic and a hierarchical retrieval system, while the rote strategy elicited a stimulus-response…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Concept Formation
Haygood, E. Langston; Iran-Nejad, Asghar – 1993
Three learning modules are described and investigated as they reflect different students' conceptions of and approaches to learning. The Schoolwork Module (SWM) focuses on task performance and involves a passive, incremental, piecemeal, and rote memory method of learning, parallel to what might be implied by the Information Processing model of…
Descriptors: Adaptation Level Theory, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Factor Analysis
Gentry, Janine M.; Perry, James S. – 1993
This study examines the relationship between test-wiseness, memory, and grade-point average in college students. Test wiseness is defined as a subject's capacity to utilize the characteristics and format of a test to receive a higher score, independent of the examinee's knowledge of the subject matter. Researchers hypothesized that test-wiseness…
Descriptors: College Students, Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
Usuki, Miyuki – 2000
This paper focuses on the difficulties of learners of Japanese as a second language from non-kanji backgrounds and the special difficulties they encounter in trying to learn the kanji writing system. It is asserted that most teachers of Japanese as a second language do not spend enough time on kanji teaching, with the students typically forced to…
Descriptors: Adults, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Independent Study

Fraser, W. J.; Nieman, M. M. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 1996
A survey of 2,071 first-year students in university distance-education programs found the two most common learning strategies were repetitive reading of course materials and summarization of facts. Wide variation in strategies was found, apparently determined by both learner characteristics and nature and design of instructional materials,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Freshmen, College Students, Course Content