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Helgeson, Stanley L. – 1985
Selected research studies that explore the assumption that college science students operate at a formal cognitive level are presented in this information digest. Studies are reviewed that relate to the areas of: (1) formal thought (examining the relationship between measured formal thought and that required to understand formal college physical…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, College Science, Higher Education
Stage, Frances K.; Muller, Patricia, A.; Kinzie, Jillian; Simmons, Ada – 1998
This report reviews the literature on learning theories and frameworks applicable to instruction of undergraduate college students. An introductory section provides an overview and discusses the importance of learning frameworks. The first half of the volume addresses various theoretical frameworks in detail. These include: motivation theories,…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, College Instruction
Baumgartner, Lisa M.; Lee, Ming-Yeh; Birden, Susan; Flowers, Doris – 2003
The purpose of this monograph is to serve as a primer for practitioners on the foundational theories of adult learning. It begins with an explanation two lenses through which learning theory is viewed: behaviorism and constructivism. The next section defines andragogy and delineates Knowles's five assumptions about adult learners. This is followed…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Afrocentrism, Andragogy
Stage, Frances K.; Muller, Patricia, A.; Kinzie, Jillian; Simmons, Ada – 1998
This Digest of a larger report with the same title examines the application of learning theory to the quality of learning in undergraduate college classrooms. Relevant theories are identified, including theories which address college students' attributions for success or failure, self-efficacy, social constructivism, conscientization, multiple…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, College Instruction
Strong, William – 1986
Summarizing the wealth of recent research on sentence combining as an effective method of teaching students to tighten and vary their written sentences, this booklet explains how and why sentence combining works. The first half of the booklet provides background information on sentence combining, exploring the basis for the claim that sentence…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Middle Schools, Sentence Combining, Teaching Methods
Siegel, Marjorie; Carey, Robert F. – 1989
Intended for teachers, this monograph encourages readers to consider the notion that thinking critically is a matter of reading signs, that it is the function of signs that makes reflective thinking possible. The book contains the following chapters: (1) "Beyond a Literal Reading"; (2) "Current Thinking on Critical Thinking";…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Pugh, Sharon L.; And Others – 1992
This book provides material and ideas for bringing metaphorical thinking into the classroom in the context of language discussions. It is organized to link the conceptual with the concrete, integrating teaching ideas with discussions concerning the various roles that metaphorical thinking plays in human understanding and communications. The book's…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Thinking, Cultural Context, Elementary Secondary Education
Abdullah, Mardziah Hayati – 1998
This Digest discusses Problem-Based Learning (PBL), a method developed by H.S. Barrows (1986), and originally created to prepare medical students for real-world problems by letting them solve medical problems based on real cases. The Digest contends that PBL can situate language learning in the real world by posing problems like those found in…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Inquiry, Language Acquisition
Battaglini, Dennis J.; Schenkat, Randolph J. – 1987
Intended for college instructors interested in promoting and developing intellectual abilities in their students, this publication details the Perry and Toulmin models of cognitive development. The first section explains the Perry model of dualistic students, who are comfortable in a framework of absolute knowledge and unquestionable right and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style
Barnett, Marva A. – 1989
This monograph provides an overview of the field of second and foreign language reading research and theories. The intent of the monograph is to provoke thought about future directions for investigating the second or foreign language reading process, and to suggest productive reading pedagogy. In Part I, pertinent first language theory and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Reading Research, Reading Strategies, Schemata (Cognition)
Alderman, M. Kay, Ed.; Cohen, Margaret W., Ed. – 1985
The authors in this volume propose expanding the topic of motivation in the preservice teacher education program by including contemporary research. Margaret W. Cohen reviews a body of research and theory concerned with the effects of extrinsic reinforcers on intrinsic motivation. She notes that contemporary research in the area of intrinsic…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Motivation
Rodrigues, Dawn; Rodrigues, Raymond J. – 1986
Intended to help composition teachers take advantage of current advances in word processing technology, this booklet demonstrates how teachers can create computer lesson files for students that incorporate findings from research on effective writing instruction and allow students to develop, shape, and revise their own writing at the computer…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Lesson Plans, Online Searching
Tompkins, Gail E.; Yaden, David B., Jr. – 1986
Acknowledging that to study the development of a language is to study the history and culture of people and that English has been influenced by many geographic, political, economic, social, and linguistic forces, this booklet provides a ready reference for elementary and middle school/junior high school teachers confronted with students' questions…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Diachronic Linguistics, Elementary Education, English
Marsick, Victoria, J.; Bitterman, Jeanne; van der Veen, Ruud – 2000
This paper explores a common assumption: that education must be made an open, interconnected chain of learning opportunities, available to people from cradle to grave, i.e., a "learning society." Learning is examined in the following three distinct, but interrelated, domains: the domain of work; the domain of the community; and the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Stitt-Gohdes, Wanda L. – 1997
The premise of this paper is that, although career choice implies options, issues of gender, race, and class may constrain the occupational choices an individual makes. Dominant career development theories are being reexamined for their appropriateness to diverse groups. This paper reviews the following theories: Ginzberg, Ginsburg, Axelrad, and…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Counseling Techniques, Females
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