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Singh, Chandra B. P. – Issues and Ideas in Education, 2021
The study attempted to answer two basic questions of classroom teaching: a. what were the most common teaching practices at the elementary school level? And b. did teachers foster curiosity in children during teaching? Classroom proceedings enfolded various teaching activities that might lead to a knowledge gap in students. 137 primary and middle…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Design, Learning Motivation, Foreign Countries
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Mansilla, Veronica Boix; Gardner, Howard – Educational Leadership, 2008
Most students in most schools today study subject matter. They and their teachers conceive of the educational task as committing to memory large numbers of facts, formulas, and figures. A far more sophisticated perspective emphasizes teaching disciplines and disciplinary thinking. The goal of this approach is to instill in students the disposition…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Role of Education, Thinking Skills, Comprehension
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