Three studies evaluated the effectiveness of using verbatim text recordings to increase learning disabled high school students' reading comprehension and learning ability. Use of the recordings did produce performance gains, especially when used in conjunction with completion of a related worksheet. (DB)

Reports the results of a study of the influence of mnemonic strategies on normal schoolwork. Two history assignments were presented; the first required memorization without guidance while the second supported memorization with mnemonic strategies. Concludes that the second assignment produced better memorization and more enthusiasm. (BSR)

Three studies examined strategies used by deaf adolescents and children (total N=150) in reading and writing. A model of literacy development is proposed, and remedial approaches are suggested. Results indicated deaf children attempted to make use of cue sources in text, such as pragmatic features, context, and prediction. (DB)

Reviews research on cognitive styles and offers a model for integrating them into an information processing model of cognition. Maintains that the model will promote further research and practice by offering an efficient way of conceptualizing relationships among cognitive styles and intellectual processes. (BSR)

Strategies for improving mathematics education include the use of such cognitive strategies as advance organizers, active internal processing, mnemonics, concrete demonstrations, imagery, and metacognition. (CB)

Spelling tricks for 35 sight words that can be used by learning disabled or regular classroom students are given. They include replacing silent or confusing letters with pictures to aid visual recall; locating a smaller, more familiar word in the longer word; and rhyming certain letter groups to related words. (VW)

Notes that early research on using computers for teaching reading was restricted by the current theories on how reading is learned but that recent developments reveal exciting possibilities for using computers in reading. (FL)

Suggests newspapers as a source for teaching secondary students answers to three basic economic questions: what products should be produced, how they should be produced, and for whom they should be produced. Implying all economics principles may be taught with newspapers, several example techniques are cited. (TRS)

The author suggests that teaching may be enhanced as more insights are gained about how each student responds to the teaching/learning process and how learning style and teaching style are interrelated. Four learning styles are compared and four teaching styles are examined. (CT)

A framework for a distinct strategy-selection phase for answering questions is proposed. Six experiments with college students which support the model are described. The model is shown to be consistent with processing strategies in other areas of cognitive processing. (BS)

Describes learning system that incorporates several technologies, including the videodisc, computer, and monitor, to accomplish interactive individualized learning in several audio and visual modes. Discusses experiences in the use of learning system courseware for new-hire training, and continuing education. Raises issues which will affect the…

The introductory article to the special issue on facilitating cognitive development considers individual and social roles in cognitive development, the role of the human mediator, development as an increasingly self regulated process, and types of programs which provide instruction in cognitive strategies. (DB)

The CoRT (Cognitive Research Trust) is a five-step program in direct instruction of thinking skills which increase the number and diversity of ideas as well as help the individual establish goals, set priorities, improve interactions with others, and incorporate feeling into thinking. (DB)

Maintains that metaphors may be used to help secondary students understand the figurative language often encountered in social studies. Shows how labels were attached to real dominos which were then tipped over to explain the "domino effect," a theory often referred to in foreign affairs. This experience was related to "event chains" which were…

Bulletin boards can be "vertical activity centers" when students create them as learning activities. Suggestions are offered for developing stimulating and creative boards that are also educational. (DF)