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Sato, Masatoshi; Dussuel Lam, Claudia – Language Teaching Research, 2021
This classroom-based, quasi-experimental study explored the impact of metacognitive instruction designed to promote young learners' (1) willingness to communicate (WTC), (2) participation in communicative activities, and (3) metacognitive knowledge of oral communication. Forty-four Grade 3 students (8--9 years old) from two intact classes…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Oral Language
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Snell, Emily K.; Hindman, Annemarie H.; Wasik, Barbara A. – Reading Teacher, 2015
Vocabulary development is critical for children's ability to learn to read and their success at school. Vocabulary has also been identified as a key factor in the achievement gap, with children from low-income families knowing significantly fewer words when they enter school. Although book reading has long been celebrated as an effective way for…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Intervention, Preschool Children, Kindergarten
Bahadir, Elif – Online Submission, 2017
Developments in mathematics education tend to emphasize mathematics teaching with the help of activities that will allow the students to create these concepts rather than to make them memorize mathematical rules. The purpose of this study is to analyze the applicability of the application of multiplication with fingers developed by the researcher.…
Descriptors: Multiplication, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Visualization
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Williams, Adrienne E.; Aguilar-Roca, Nancy M.; Tsai, Michelle; Wong, Matthew; Beaupre, Marin Moravec; O'Dowd, Diane K. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2011
This study evaluates the impact of an independent postmidterm question analysis exercise on the ability of students to answer subsequent exam questions on the same topics. It was conducted in three sections (~400 students/section) of introductory biology. Graded midterms were returned electronically, and each student was assigned a subset of…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Homework, Academic Achievement, Biology
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Schwamborn, Annett; Mayer, Richard E.; Thillmann, Hubertina; Leopold, Claudia; Leutner, Detlev – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
In this study, 9th-grade students (N = 196) with a mean age of 14.7 years read a scientific text explaining the chemical process of doing laundry with soap and water and then took 3 tests. Students who were instructed to generate drawings during learning scored higher than students who only read on subsequent tests of transfer (d = 0.91),…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Grade 9, Adolescents, Reading Comprehension
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Pendegraft, Norman – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2009
An inexpensive device to assist in teaching the main ideas of Public Key encryption and its use in class to illustrate the operation of public key encryption is described. It illustrates that there are two keys, and is particularly useful for illustrating that privacy is achieved by using the public key. Initial data from in class use seem to…
Descriptors: Privacy, Instructional Materials, Business Administration Education, Class Activities
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Smart, Karl L.; Csapo, Nancy – Business Communication Quarterly, 2007
With a shift of focus from teaching to learning in higher education, teachers often look for strategies to involve students actively in the learning process, especially since numerous studies have demonstrated that a student's active involvement in the learning process enhances learning. Active learning has resulted in positive learning outcomes.…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Experiential Learning, Active Learning, Teaching Methods
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Rosenbaum, Catherine – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2001
Demonstrates how students who use background knowledge, context, morphology, and dictionaries learn words more effectively. Adapts a vocabulary web consisting of eight identical bubbles to provide students with a word map, intertwining most of the elements to clarify word meaning described by J. M. Harmon as essential to vocabulary instruction.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Strategies, Middle Schools
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Hendrix, James C. – Clearing House, 1999
Advocates cooperative learning as an instructional model for use by middle and high school social studies teachers to improve students' understanding of content and encourage students to become actively and constructively involved in the learning process. Describes five cooperative learning strategies appropriate for the social studies classroom…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Strategies
Rule, Audrey C. – 1995
The Learning Cycle, a popular medium for teaching science lessons, can be used to teach a language arts lesson on acronyms, an appropriate skill topic for students in grades four through six. Acronyms are fascinating words that can challenge students to solve the puzzle of what the letters stand for. The three-phase Learning Cycle arranges…
Descriptors: Abbreviations, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Instructional Effectiveness
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Hawk, Thomas F.; Shah, Amit J. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2007
The emergence of numerous learning style models over the past 25 years has brought increasing attention to the idea that students learn in diverse ways and that one approach to teaching does not work for every student or even most students. We have reviewed five learning style instruments (the Kolb Learning Style Indicator, the Gregorc Style…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Learning Strategies, Learning Motivation, Teaching Methods
Powers, Sherry W. – Indiana Reading Journal, 2001
Examines the use of the Herringbone technique as a writing tool with fourth-grade children. Notes that the Herringbone technique provides students with a structure for identifying and organizing important story elements and observing relationships when reading or writing. Demonstrates that the Herringbone strategy is a useful tool for effective…
Descriptors: Characterization, Class Activities, Grade 4, Instructional Effectiveness
Ratliff, Gerald Lee – 1997
Dynamic classroom role-playing is an essential ingredient in interpretation and performance if the student actor is to learn the technical skills of believable characterization. One of the first classroom performance principles in playing the role is for the student actor to read the playscript with a critical eye to grasp the creative suggestions…
Descriptors: Acting, Characterization, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Reed, Elaine Wrisley – American Educator, 1998
Discusses the increased use of hands-on teaching activities that, while meant to engage students in learning, fail to teach them anything of importance. Explains why this trend started and why it is continuing to be used. Concluding comments provide questions teachers should ask during activity planning in order to make it an effective teaching…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Criticism, Educational Quality, Elementary Education
Fried, Carrie B. – 1998
The use of the feature film "12 Angry Men" (1957) as an integrative review of social psychology is described. Students view the film, and then discuss the many aspects of social psychology represented in the interactions among the jurors. Discussion involves tying the movie examples back to social psychological research and theory as…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Films, Group Discussion
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