Activating the Inactive Learner: Advance Organizers in the Secondary Content Classroom.

Lenz, B. Keith; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ350879

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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Activating the Inactive Learner: Advance Organizers in the Secondary Content Classroom.

Lenz, B. Keith; And Others

Learning Disability Quarterly, v10 n1 p53-67 Win 1987

The study examined the use of advance organizers by seven regular secondary teachers with seven learning disabled students. Advance organizers did positively affect students' retention of information, but only after students were taught to attend to and use the advance organizers. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Memory, Secondary Education, Study Skills, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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IES Cited: ED502398