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Dhaene, Sara; Woumans, Evy – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
Previous research identified that studying texts in a second language (L2) as opposed to the first (L1) results in substantially weaker recall. We hypothesized that use of advance organizers (AOs) might attenuate this L2 recall cost by supporting L2 users in the construction of more solid memory representations. One hundred Dutch-English…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Recall (Psychology)
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Duis, Mac – Social Education, 1996
Asserts that the most effective use of schema theory in history instruction requires placing students in the decision- making roles of historical figures. A more detailed discussion of the same historical event follows this initial exercise. Students then compare their decisions with their historical counterparts. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Structures, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education