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Anderson, Lynn D.; Render, Gary F. – 1984
This study investigates whether the use of Superlearning to teach rare English words produces retention scores significantly different than Ebbinghaus's 'normal' forgetting curve. Superlearning techniques are adaptations by Ostrander and Schroeder of Lozanov's Suggestopaedic methods to tap reserve human potential. Six course sections of University…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Memory, Retention (Psychology), Suggestopedia
Nelson, Joan – 1991
A study investigated the effects of suggestopedic accelerative learning and teaching (SALT) on the spelling achievement, attitudes toward school, and memory skills of fourth-grade students. Subjects were 20 male and 28 female students from two self-contained classrooms at Kennedy Elementary School in Rexburg, Idaho. The control classroom and the…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Memory
Three Methods for Language Acquisition: Total Physical Response; the Tomatis Program; Suggestopedia.
Bancroft, W. Jane – 1984
Total Physical Response is a strategy for learning second languages developed by James J. Asher. The Tomatis program, developed in France by Alfred Tomatis, is a method for treating dyslexia and communication problems and is also used for teaching basic elements of foreign languages. Suggestology is a psychotherapeutic system based on yogic…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Learning Processes, Second Language Instruction
Download full textFretz, Barbara L. – 1995
A study investigated how Accelerated Learning (AL), a teaching methodology that purports to increase the quantity and improve the quality of learning, affected tertiary students' knowledge of and skills in writing and their feelings towards writing. AL has its origins in G. Lozanov's "suggestopedia." Believing that formal teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Music, Neurological Organization
Belanger, Bagriana – 1985
The advantages that the suggestopedic method of teaching holds for instructional quality are outlined in the context of its use in second language instruction. Important aspects of suggestopedia include: (1) its provision of a dynamic, lively, enthusiastic classroom atmosphere that promotes motivated participation; (2) a holistic approach to the…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies
Moon, Charles E.; And Others – 1986
Forty studies using one or more components of Lozanov's method of suggestive-accelerative learning and teaching were identified from a search of all issues of the "Journal of Suggestive-Accelerative Learning and Teaching." Fourteen studies contained sufficient statistics to compute effect sizes. The studies were coded according to substantive and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Control Groups, Educational Research, Effect Size
Cullen, Audrey; And Others – 1987
A second language teaching technique using relaxation, imagination, and music to accelerate the learning process is imagination, and music to accelerate the learning process is discussed. Part 1 describes the classroom setting and the stages and processes of the technique. Part 2 outlines the theory and sources of the method in the literature of…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Weatherford, H. Jarold – 1990
A variety of classroom techniques for second language vocabulary learning are described, based on the principle that different approaches work with different students under varying conditions. The techniques include: rote rehearsal; the use of visual aids, including items that are acted out by students for the benefit of the class; role-playing;…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Contrastive Linguistics
