This study was conducted in a private language school in Auckland, New Zealand to investigate the relationship between course level and reported frequency of language learning strategy use by speakers of other languages and to look for patterns of strategy use according to course level and other learner variables (Author/VWL)

Focuses on how to work crossword puzzles, such as those published in magazines or specialized publications. The article emphasizes the importance of the dictionary for this activity, which can be a pleasant cultural exercise in vocabulary development and spelling instruction. (Author/CK)

Describes how teachers can improve students' learning by teaching them developmentally appropriate learning strategies. (12 references) (PKP)

Two observations, one of a toddler mastering a skill and one of a group of children playing, show how imitation and variation are interwoven in the strategies for learning used by children. Imitation is an entrance into learning, and variation gives insight into the cognitive world of young children. (SLD)

Reviews work in the field of writing instruction, focusing on self-regulated strategy development (SRSD), which emphasizes the development of composition and self-regulation strategies in tandem. The six stages of SRSD are: develop and activate background knowledge, discuss the strategy, model the strategy, memorize the strategy, support the…

Discusses recent theory and research on parental activities that influence children's academic self-regulatory development, describing a social-cognitive perspective on academic self- regulation which assumes parents function as implicit and explicit social models for their children and socially support their emulation and adaptive use of…

The integrated skills of reading, writing, listening, and speaking can be used to support active learning in keyboarding classes and simultaneously reinforce making decisions, working with people, and composing at the keyboard. (Author)

Examines the differences between instructional strategies and instructional tactics as part of the instructional systems design (ISD) process. Instructional strategies and learning strategies are discussed, learning outcomes are described, and a decision tree is presented to help designers select appropriate instructional tactics. (36 references)…

Learning-to-learn skills prepare students for the more complex skills of metacognition, which will eventually become a framework for all the individual thinking skills taught. Twelve learning-to-learn skills are identified, accompanied by suggested instructional strategies. The objective of these skills is to make students active rather than…

A comprehensive thinking skills scope and sequence plan provides three types of information. It identifies the thinking skills and strategies to be learned throughout the curriculum, locates them in the subject areas where they are to be taught, and arranges them in the proper sequence. This article describes basic principles and guidelines for…

Formats the course of children's fantasy in relation to time and experience. Describes a model for understanding the relation between fantasy and development. (RJC)

The summary writer must decide what to include and exclude, how to reword or reorganize information, and how to remain true to the original's meaning. This article discusses simple precepts teachers can use to help students learn to select important ideas and condense text. Includes 19 references. (MLH)

Provides an overview of this special issue on educational systems design. The International Systems Institute (ISI), a nonprofit agency that contributed the issue, is described; and summaries of the papers are presented, organized according to major themes covered (i.e., conceptual models and issues, design applications, and design learning). (LRW)

Investigated the manner in which information is acquired from maps. In two experiments, map elements placed more toward the periphery of the map were better learned than internally placed elements. In three experiments, map structure was varied to determine if the previous learning pattern resulted from map structure or learning strategy. Results…

Science teachers expect students to use information contained in books. This makes text-based learning strategies important for student success at school and beyond. This paper explores the potential of science as a vehicle for the development of such skills, considers a range of learning strategies, and suggests ways of integrating them into…