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Pappas, Marjorie L. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2009
Over the last eight years, the primary focus in schools has been on passing standardized tests based on a core curriculum. The emphasis on learning content is in direct contrast to the world outside the school walls where the technological capability to provide access to content, i.e., information at lightning speed, already exists. In fact,…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Memorization, Rote Learning, Alignment (Education)
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Tan, Po-Li – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2011
This article aims to provide evidence that "rote learning" or "memorisation" is a complex construct and is deeply embedded in the East Asian culture. An in-depth understanding of this learning approach is increasingly crucial considering the complex demography of contemporary higher education nowadays. Not only is there a rise…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Nontraditional Students, Higher Education, Asian Culture
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Momsen, Jennifer L.; Long, Tammy M.; Wyse, Sara A.; Ebert-May, Diane – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2010
Introductory biology courses are widely criticized for overemphasizing details and rote memorization of facts. Data to support such claims, however, are surprisingly scarce. We sought to determine whether this claim was evidence-based. To do so we quantified the cognitive level of learning targeted by faculty in introductory-level biology courses.…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Biology, Memorization, Introductory Courses
Rashidi, Nasser; Omid, Ahmad – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate the Iranian EFL learners' beliefs on the role of RL in vocabulary learning, and how it could affect their achievement. One-hundred and three students majoring in English (Literature, Translation, and Teaching) at the Departments of Foreign Languages and Linguistics at Roudehen and the Western Branch of…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Memorization, Correlation, Foreign Countries
Bortins, Leigh A. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
In the past, correct spelling, the multiplication tables, the names of the state capitals and the American presidents were basics that all children were taught in school. Today, many children graduate without this essential knowledge. Most curricula today follow a haphazard sampling of topics with a focus on political correctness instead of…
Descriptors: Spelling, Fine Arts, Political Attitudes, Home Schooling
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Isiksal, Mine; Cakiroglu, Erdinc – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate prospective mathematics teachers' knowledge of common conceptions and misconceptions that sixth and seventh grade students had about multiplication of fractions. In addition, prospective teachers' knowledge of the sources of these misconceptions and strategies they knew to overcome these misconceptions…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Interviews, Memorization, Grade 7
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Fata-Hartley, Cori – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2011
Many college science educators have moved away from the traditional lecture format and toward learner-centered classroom environments. Yet many of us struggle to cover large content loads, reverting at times to rote memorization. This paper suggests rote memorization simply does not work and students must be actively engaged to learn. (Contains 1…
Descriptors: College Science, Active Learning, Memorization, Lecture Method
UCLA IDEA, 2012
Value added measures (VAM) uses changes in student test scores to determine how much "value" an individual teacher has "added" to student growth during the school year. Some policymakers, school districts, and educational advocates have applauded VAM as a straightforward measure of teacher effectiveness: the better a teacher,…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Educational Testing, Standardized Tests
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Porcaro, David S.; Al Musawi, Ali S. – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2011
Despite recent investments in and rapid modernization of university campuses in places like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, higher education in the Middle East still faces many obstacles. One of the greatest has been a fundamental disconnect between education and employment, a possible factor contributing to many of the recent riots in the Arab World. In…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Campuses, High Stakes Tests, Arabs
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Kempe, Vera; Brooks, Patricia J.; Kharkhurin, Anatoliy – Language Learning, 2010
This study explores how learners generalize grammatical categories such as noun gender. Adult native English speakers with no prior knowledge of Russian (N = 47, ages 17-55 years) were trained to categorize Russian masculine and feminine diminutive nouns according to gender. The training set was morphophonologically homogeneous due to similarities…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Nonverbal Ability, Nouns, Grammar
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Brady, Marion – Educational Leadership, 2008
This article discusses a case for teaching a kind of knowledge that is not in textbooks. The author calls on education leaders to take a crucial step toward getting students to use higher-order thinking skills by drawing a sharp line between firsthand and secondhand knowledge. The best way to do this is to focus attention directly on some part of…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Memorization, Rote Learning, Educational Change
Cole, Helen; Hulley, Kathy; Quarles, Peggy – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2009
This paper presents the differing sides to the discussion of how much assessment is too much. A teacher survey was administered to practicing teachers in the Lincoln Memorial University graduate program to determine how assessment affects classroom instruction and student learning. The research reflects more often than not that assessment does…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Federal Legislation, Performance Based Assessment, Teacher Surveys
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Gallagher, Kelly – Educational Leadership, 2010
The "elephant in the room" when we talk about preparing critical thinkers for the 21st century, Gallagher believes, is U.S. students' lack of reading proficiency and their general disinclination to read. Gallagher's provocative argument is that a significant factor behind the decline of reading in young people is a set of practices…
Descriptors: English Teachers, Reading Instruction, Reading Achievement, Low Achievement
Diep, Kim Chi – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Information Literacy (IL) competencies are defined as "the ability to locate, evaluate, and use information effectively" and are considered essential for students in their academic lives and future careers (ALA, 1989). IL plays an important role in developing critical thinking and problem solving skills, and improving academic…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Learning Theories, Information Needs, Teacher Role
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Behrent, Megan – Harvard Educational Review, 2009
High school teacher Megan Behrent reflects on the impact of Obama's election on the students in her high school classroom. Obliged to temper her students' joyful exuberance on the morning of November 5, 2008, Behrent found that the election fervor highlighted for her the ways that schooling under NCLB has constrained both educators and students,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship, Presidents, African Americans
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