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Albanese, Mark; Case, Susan M. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2016
Educators have long lamented the tendency of students to engage in rote memorization in preparation for tests rather than engaging in deep learning where they attempt to gain meaning from their studies. Rote memorization driven by objective exams has been termed a steering effect. Progress testing (PT), in which a comprehensive examination…
Descriptors: Rote Learning, Memorization, Study Habits, Problem Based Learning
Chandio, Muhammad Tufail; Zafar, Nishat; Solangi, Ghulam Muhiuddin – Journal of Education and Educational Development, 2021
The study analyses the scope and role of Bloom's Taxonomy (1956) in reforming teaching-learning practices in the classroom by employing a systematic balance of questions from both the lower and higher domains of learning in the summative assessment. Thus, this study analyses the annual question papers designed by the Boards of Intermediate and…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Educational Change, Critical Thinking, Memorization
Osborne, Caitríona; Zhang, Qi; Zhang, George Xinsheng – Language Learning Journal, 2020
This paper presents results of a study investigating four teaching methods used to introduce Chinese characters to beginner learners of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) in an Irish secondary school between September 2016 and October 2016. Approximately 98 learners aged 14-16 were divided into four groups and taught for two one-hour classes per…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Orthographic Symbols, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Reid, Ian – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2016
Underlying the generally oblivious attitude of teachers and learners towards the past is insufficient respect for the role of memory in giving meaning to experience and access to knowledge. We shape our identity by making sense of our past and its relationship to present and future selves, a process that should be intensively cultivated when we…
Descriptors: Memory, Recall (Psychology), History Instruction, Novels
Palacios Mena, Nancy – Issues in Educational Research, 2019
The objective of this article is to analyse the teaching of three topics that are decisive in the contemporary history of Colombia: violence, drug trafficking and armed conflict. It is of fundamental interest to define the incorporation of the development of historical thought in the classrooms through the analysis of textbooks, the material most…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Violence, Weapons, Information Management
Chandio, Muhammad Tufail; Pandhiani, Saima Murtaza; Iqbal, Rabia – Journal of Education and Educational Development, 2016
This research study critically analyzes the scope and contribution of Bloom's Taxonomy in both assessment and teaching-learning process. Bloom's Taxonomy consists of six stages, namely; remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating and creating and moves from lower degree to the higher degree. The study applies Bloom's Taxonomy to…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Public Sector, Foreign Countries, Secondary Education
Morisaki, Ryoma; Bon, Charles; Levitt, Jacob O. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2016
The Krebs Cycle is a highly taught biochemical pathway that is traditionally difficult to learn. Twenty-seven undergraduate students were randomized to a rote memorization arm or to a mnemonic arm. They were given a pre-test, then shown a lecture corresponding to their assigned method, and then given an immediate Week 0 post-test and a Week 4…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Mnemonics, Teaching Methods, Memorization
Imsa-ard, Pariwat – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2020
The Ordinary National Educational Test (O-NET), the national examination in Thailand, plays as a high-stakes test at an upper secondary school level as it can be used as a tool for several purposes in education such as gatekeepers for the university entry and measures for the teaching quality evaluation. English, out of the five core subjects in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
van Mil, Marc H. W.; Postma, Paulien A.; Boerwinkel, Dirk Jan; Klaassen, Kees; Waarlo, Arend Jan – Science Education, 2016
Although learning about DNA, RNA, and proteins is part of the upper secondary biology curriculum in most countries, many studies report that students fail to connect molecular knowledge to phenomena at the higher level of cells, organs, and organisms. As a result, many students use memorization and rote learning as a coping strategy when presented…
Descriptors: Molecular Biology, Cytology, Genetics, Biological Sciences
Keynton, Janice – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2018
This study looks at the Chinese-learning experiences of six classroom learners who continued to the end of secondary school in Victoria, Australia, through in-depth interviews. Various systemic deterrents to continued Chinese language study are identified by the participants, including: (1) the schooling journey, including transition between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Chinese, High School Students
Wilson, Andrew; Kim, Wonsun; Raudenbush, Bryan – English Language Teaching, 2016
The purpose of the study is to investigate if the effects of chewing cinnamon flavored gum can increase mood, feeling and spelling acquisition. 5th grade students (n = 22) at Ilshin elementary school in South Korea served as participants. The same students were required to take 4 spelling tests with 1 given every day over the course of 4 days. For…
Descriptors: Spelling, Psychological Patterns, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
Dirks-Naylor, Amie J. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2016
Renal transport is a central mechanism underlying electrolyte homeostasis, acid base balance and other essential functions of the kidneys in human physiology. Thus, knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the nephron is essential for the understanding of kidney function in health and disease. However, students find this content difficult to…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction
Li, Mang; Zheng, Chunping; Liang, Jyh-Chong; Zhang, Yun; Tsai, Chin-Chung – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2018
This study explored the structural relationships among secondary school students' conceptions, self-regulation, and strategies of learning science in mainland China. Three questionnaires, namely conceptions of learning science (COLS), self-regulation of learning science (SROLS), and strategies of learning science (SLS) were developed for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Science, Science Instruction, Student Attitudes
Qhosola, Makeresemese Rosy – Perspectives in Education, 2017
This paper demonstrates how the use of adequate descriptive feedback on assessment enhances the teaching, learning and academic performance of learners of auditing. Literature shows that this mode of feedback is transformative as it relies heavily on the particular, specific and localised learning styles of the individual learner. It also…
Descriptors: Accounting, Audits (Verification), Feedback (Response), Participatory Research
Ostovar-Namaghi, Seyyed Ali; Ahmadabadi-Tak, Bahareh – English Language Teaching, 2017
Strategy-deficient language learners struggle to develop their language proficiency through limiting and inappropriate strategies. This study aims at exploring experienced teachers' perceptions of strategy deficiency syndrome among EFL learners. To this end, the perspectives of a purposive sample of experienced teachers teaching in private…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers