The study found that a computerized study guide was more effective than notetaking in increasing textbook comprehension with 18 remedial and 13 learning disabled ninth grade students in a world geography class. (DB)

The use of reconstructive elaborations for teaching content to secondary students with learning disabilities is described. The technique provides a framework for adapting all content-area information into more familiar, more concrete interactive elaborations. Its use with United States history in a recent study illustrates the strategy.…

Describes a study strategy called RESPONSE. Includes a reading assignment response form which focuses students' attention on important points; questions; points of confusion; and new terms, concepts, vocabulary, and names. (JAD)

Describes variations of three popular games for teaching in the foreign language classroom. "Recycled" games include Bingo, dice-related exercises, and "Pictionary." (CB)

Explores the development of 280 students across 7 grades in spelling and word knowledge as well as their pattern of use of lower- to higher-order strategies in their attempts to spell words, write derivations, and display syntactic knowledge. Older students gradually make less use of lower-order strategies in spelling, writing derivations, and in…

This article presents learning strategies to help high school students with learning disabilities succeed in technical classes. Strategies address time management, memorization, and learning to use charts and graphs. Figures offer an example of breaking a project into subtasks, a self-questioning strategy, the CAN DO learning strategy, and a…

Describes a study of the effects of training at-risk college students to monitor their comprehension and employ strategies to improve their reading. Indicates that the metacognitive training improved students' comprehension and vocabulary skills more than traditional instructional methods, although only the improvement in comprehension was…

Offers a brief history of the teaching of expository discourse. Defines explanatory speaking, identifying its relation to informative speech. Presents a pedagogy for explanatory speaking, built on the classical rhetorical tradition and contemporary research. Describes implications for teacher training, student study skills, and assessment of…

Presents suggestions from 4 teachers on (1) the benefits accrued over 9 years of a visiting authors program at a middle school; (2) using 60-second synopses for better concentration; (3) structured overviews for teaching science concepts and terms; and (4) how musicians see writing differently. (SR)

Investigates how graphic organizers function in the cognitive processes. Finds that graphic organizers do not significantly improve college students' retention ability. Finds that instruction and training in organizer use as a strategy for organizing and encoding information from texts merits consideration as supported by scores on the retention…

Discusses the marginalization of spelling instruction. Presents several classroom implications supported by research on the development of orthographic knowledge as reflected in children's spelling errors. Addresses the issues related to placement, assessment, word study, and writing. (RS)

Describes two-day special course on study skills taught by counselors in second week of school. Explains material and exercises used and provides summary of the course, which is appropriate for junior and senior high school students. Concludes that course demonstrates to students that administrators, counselors, teachers, and parents are committed…

Describes a study that was conducted in Wales to investigate the attitudes and responses of 16- to 19-year-old students in a flexible learning program. Problems of open learning processes with this age group are discussed, and study skills, tutorial support, and performance monitoring are examined. (six references) (LRW)

High school students (n=106) with visual impairments completed the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory: High School Version and a 35-item extension of the instrument developed for students with visual impairments. The study found learning strategy differences related to students' grade point averages but not their preferred reading medium,…

A teacher describes using the Foxfire approach in an exploratory class on study skills for sixth graders. The students brainstormed about activities that would meet curriculum objectives, completed miniresearch projects that sharpened their library skills, and evaluated each others' projects. (SV)