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Download full textMoon, Charles E.; And Others – 1985
As consciousness becomes a more viable field of investigation and research, more attempts are being made to examine states of consciousness and their effects on certain abilities. A meta-analysis was used to examine the state of relaxation and its effects on learning, performance, and academic achievement. A search of PsychINFO, the data base of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Cognitive Processes, College Students
Weisenback, E. Lynne – Academic Therapy, 1988
Strategies are suggested to assist students with reading comprehension difficulties. Strategies include: (1) developing appropriate background through discussion of story concepts, brainstorming, conceptual webbing, and kinesthetic or tactile experiences; (2) asking students to predict what will happen; (3) reciprocal questioning between students…
Descriptors: Background, Brainstorming, Elementary Secondary Education, Imagery
Direct linkBlock, Cathy Collins; Rodgers, Lori L.; Johnson, Rebecca B. – Guilford Publications, 2004
Filling a crucial gap in the literature, this immensely practical volume presents innovative tools for helping K-3 students significantly increase their ability to make meaning from texts. The focus is on teaching the comprehension processes employed by expert readers, using a carefully sequenced combination of whole-class activities, specially…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Teaching Methods
