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Kincaid, J. Peter; And Others – 1980
A study was conducted to determine if Navy authors of instructional material could create effective memory aids for use in rote learning of material. A guidebook published by the Training Analysis and Evaluation Group was used in creating the memory aids. Navy school personnel used the guidebook to develop two training booklets incorporating…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Instructional Materials, Learning Processes, Memorization

Jackson, Mary H. – Modern Language Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Grammar, Language Instruction, Learning Activities
Glynn, Shawn M. – 1980
The comprehension and recall of instructional text is heavily dependent upon the contexts in which information input and retrieval occur. College students (N=44) recalled the contents of a hierarchically structured text immediately after study and again six weeks later. Total meaningful recall was better when the superordinate concepts, or cues,…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Association (Psychology), Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
Norman, Donald A. – 1977
This paper describes an experimental course in which the author taught students to improve their learning skills. It is a first step toward constructing a systematic body of knowledge about learning strategies. The course covered four topics, chosen because they were complex enough to require several weeks to make progress, but simple enough that…
Descriptors: Group Instruction, Higher Education, Learning Processes, Memorization

Cook, Guy – ELT Journal, 1994
Repetition and learning by heart, though condemned by pedagogic and acquisition theorists, are two of the most pleasurable, valuable, and efficient language learning activities. Neglect of intimate discourse has led to neglect of the importance of repetition in first language discourse, which has in turn led to the prohibition of repetition and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Practices, English (Second Language), Language Skills
Reese, Hayne W.; And Others – 1989
A cross-sectional study that investigated memory variables in 100 subjects in 4 age ranges (17-22, 40-50, 60-70, and 75-99) found that the 60-70 year olds were more impaired with respect to retrieval than storage and the major problem with memory among the 75-99 year olds was retrieval from short- or long-term memory. Because the study was…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cross Sectional Studies, Encoding (Psychology)
Wang, Alvin Y.; And Others – 1989
Assessing the effect of memory improvement strategies upon long-term forgetting, two studies investigated the influence of popular mnemonic devices (the keyword method and the "method of loci") upon forgetting relative to rote rehearsal. The first study (79 subjects) compared the forgetting of French vocabulary words learned either by…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Strategies

Waern, Yvonne – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1981
Compares two studies on the relation between comprehension and memory: (1) how access to text affected comprehension; (2) the effect of different learning goals (memorization or comprehension) on learning. Concludes that constructive learning activities are important for later utilization of information. Suggests a model of reading, learning, and…
Descriptors: College Students, Critical Reading, Higher Education, Learning Processes

Gauthier, Lane Roy – Reading Horizons, 2000
Examines how the role of questions in literacy instruction has always been strong, whether requiring answers involving rote memory or the activation of higher level critical thinking processes. Presents a six-step strategy for questioning followed by a field-tested group of fifth graders' responses to each step. (SC)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Thinking, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
Hazlitt, William – Interchange on Educational Policy, 1982
In this essay, William Hazlitt (1778-1830) deplores the effects of the classical education of his time on students who memorized without understanding and on teachers who tended toward pedantry. Interchange editors noted that "many of his criticisms of scholars and schooling have a contemporary ring...." (PP)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Foundations of Education, Higher Education, Humanistic Education

Johnson, William R. – History of Education Quarterly, 1994
Discusses the use of simultaneous recitation as an instructional strategy in Baltimore's (Maryland) primary schools during the early part of the 19th century. Describes the classroom environment and attempts to use student monitors to make the simultaneous recitation approach more effective. (CFR)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Drills (Practice), Educational History, Educational Strategies
Brookhart, Susan M.; Andolina, Marissa; Zuza, Megan; Furman, Rosalie – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2004
Forty-one students in two third grade classes, including special education students, participated in an action research project conducted jointly by two university supervisors, three teachers, and three student teachers. The "Minute Math" project involved students in predicting and graphing their test scores on a weekly conventional timed test of…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Timed Tests, Memorization, Multiplication
Ward, Linda R. – 1991
A 2-week study was conducted to determine what effect the practice of cooperative learning had on the rote memorization of 51 prepositions in ninth-grade English classrooms. One class of 15 students acted as a control group, memorizing the prepositions independently, in a traditional setting. Another class of 15 students acted as the experimental…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Research, English Curriculum, English Instruction

Watkins, David; And Others – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1991
Reports two studies comparing responses of Filipino and Nepalese students to learning process questionnaires to those for Australian and Hong Kong students. Presents evidence for a similar structure of learning processes in each culture. Concludes that little evidence supports the contention that Asian learners are more prone to rote learning than…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Cognitive Style, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Rist, Marilee C. – Executive Educator, 1992
Although rote learning is a heretical notion to many educators, memorizing, reciting, and drilling may be what is needed to improve test scores and provide students with the necessary skills for solving problems and developing complex thinking skills. Sidebars summarize direct-teaching methods for mathematics and a Core Knowledge curriculum…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Back to Basics, Basic Skills, Drills (Practice)