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Qingquan, Ni; Chatupote, Monta; Teo, Adisa – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2008
This article focused on the investigation of the differences in the frequency of language learning strategy use by successful and unsuccessful first-year students of a Chinese university. The study found that successful students used a wider range of learning strategies for EFL learning significantly more frequently than unsuccessful students. It…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
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Kim, Kyung Hee – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2007
According to Csikszentmihalyi (1988), creativity is a very complex interaction among a person, a field, and a culture. In keeping with this approach, a look at Asian culture in relation to its impact on creativity is in order. While people may vary in their native capacity for creativity, it is in the individual's interaction with the macrocosm…
Descriptors: Creativity, Asian Culture, Creative Activities, Confucianism
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Kvavilashvili, Lia; Fisher, Laura – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2007
The present research examined self-reported rehearsal processes in naturalistic time-based prospective memory tasks (Study 1 and 2) and compared them with the processes in event-based tasks (Study 3). Participants had to remember to phone the experimenter either at a prearranged time (a time-based task) or after receiving a certain text message…
Descriptors: Motivation, Cues, Memorization, Memory
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Mori, Yoshiko; Shimizu, Hideko – Foreign Language Annals, 2007
This study aims at identifying interpretable factors underlying Japanese language learners' attitudes toward "kanji" and their self-reported "kanji" learning strategies. It also examines the relationship between the two sets of belief factors. A questionnaire survey was conducted among Japanese language students at nine universities in the United…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Universities, Learning Strategies, Metacognition
McGuire, John Michael – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2007
This article provides an explanation for why the Critical Thinking (CT) movement has failed to make significant inroads into the Korean education system, notwithstanding the fact that it addresses and seeks to rectify a widely acknowledged weakness of that system, namely, its over-reliance on teacher-centered instructional methodologies involving…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Values, Korean Culture
Lopez, Doreen M.; Schroeder, Linda – Online Submission, 2008
This action research project was designed to maximize learning for all students by addressing different learning styles and implementing various strategies. The students in the targeted school exhibited difficulty in experiencing academic success while exposed to conventional teaching strategies. The two target schools consisted of an intermediate…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Action Research, Student Surveys, Classroom Environment
Gill, Richard – Use of English, 1983
Commends the practice of learning poetry by heart. (HOD)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Memorization, Poetry, Rote Learning
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Pinsker, Melvin – Education, 1971
A summary of Soviet research in sleep-teaching and implications for the future. (RY)
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Learning, Learning Theories, Memorization
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Blake, Kathryn A.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1971
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Hearing Impairments, Memorization, Paired Associate Learning
Willingham, Daniel T. – American Educator, 2002
Asserts that getting students to apply their knowledge in new situations is important, noting that reaching this goal generally requires that students have a large share of knowledge of the relevant topic. Describes rote versus inflexible knowledge, explaining that inflexible knowledge is the normal foundation for expertise and discussing how…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Learning
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Sagarra, Nuria; Alba, Matthew – Modern Language Journal, 2006
This study investigates the effectiveness of three methods of learning vocabulary among 778 beginning second language (L2) learners. Rote memorization consists of memorizing the first language (L1) translation of a new L2 word by rehearsal. Semantic mapping displays L1 words conceptually related to the L2 word in a diagram. The keyword method…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies, Vocabulary Development
Anderson, Stephen C. – 2002
This paper examines two methods to help teachers accomplish learning for all in the classroom: giving effective directions and peg memorization. The paper asserts that giving effective directions may be the most important skill that can be taught to aspiring teachers, and when teachers give effective directions, they give all students a greater…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Memorization, Rote Learning
Milman, Charlotte – Academic Therapy, 1979
A teaching method for enhancing rote memory ability is described. The use of a metronome was found to establish a tempo, or rhythm, which enabled children to learn multiplication tables more easily. (PHR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Problems, Learning Processes, Memorization
Sharma, Mahesh C. – Math Notebook, 1985
This bulletin concerns the role of memorization in mathematics instruction. Sections of the bulletin are devoted to discussions of: old math vs. new math; the importance of memorization ability on mathematics learning; misconceptions about memory; how to enhance the memory, including short-term vs. long-term memory systems, attention, interest,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Learning, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1996
Jinfa Cai's study comparing Chinese and American sixth-grade students' mathematics performance found that American students did better on simple and complex problems than on computation. One reason might be Asian countries' stress on rote learning. Paul George's 1995 monograph "Japanese Schools: A Closer Look" found instruction…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Memorization
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