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Taylor, Neil; Macpherson, Colin – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 1992
Reports observations of primary teachers (n=14) efforts to provide activity-based lessons for their pupils. Teachers' beliefs that their lessons were student-centered were not confirmed by the observations of the lessons. Discusses implications of the findings for inservice teacher education and parental involvement. (MDH)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Innovation
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Ohlsson, Stellan – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1992
Responds individually to Shoenfeld's objections that Ohlsson, Ernst, and Rees' model is unclear; that the hypotheses about learning are unjustified; that the models have not been tested against extant data; and that it is unclear whom the model models. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Computer Simulation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Parmar, Rene S.; Cawley, John F. – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1991
Normally achieving students (n=119) and students with mild handicaps (n=83) in grades 3-6 were instructed to create and answer computation items similar to samples given. Students with mild handicaps understood item characteristics enough to create like items, though averaging three years behind normal achievers. A sample instructional activity is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Computation, Drills (Practice)
Cavanagh, Sean – Education Week, 2007
American officials lament U.S. students' mediocre skills in math and science, and warn that China, with its firm academic emphasis on those subjects and its enormous student population, stands to reap economic rewards from American complacency. They suggest reforming math and science education in the U.S. to more closely resemble the systems…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills
Canelos, James; And Others – 1982
Two content-independent learning strategies were evaluated to determine their effectiveness in facilitating learning on two types of information-processing tasks, spatial learning and concept learning. The network strategy used imagery with a peg-mnemonic and a hierarchical retrieval system, while the rote strategy elicited a stimulus-response…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Concept Formation
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Bellette, Marc P. – Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 2005
First-year higher education students' approaches to learning navigation were assessed. The research used a structured questionnaire to assess deep, surface, and strategic approaches to learning. Principal Components Analysis (PCA) of 13 sub-scales revealed that students learning navigation employed two main approaches, a deep-strategic approach…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Learning Strategies, Questionnaires, Multidimensional Scaling
State Univ. of New York, Ithaca. Coll. of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell Univ. – 1980
This handbook was prepared for use in any classroom to aid the student in understanding how to become a better learner and how to learn meaningfully. This program is based on Ausubel's cognitive learning theory which places emphasis on the differences between meaningful learning and rote learning. To acquire knowledge meaningfully means that the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Concept Mapping, Concept Teaching
Glaser, Robert – 1968
A report on learning psychology and its relationship to the study of school learning emphasizes the increasing interaction between theorists and educational practitioners, particularly in attempting to learn which variables influence the instructional process and to find an appropriate methodology to measure and evaluate learning. "Learning…
Descriptors: Attention, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Objectives, Discrimination Learning
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Peck, A.J. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1968
Language learning and language teaching are discussed in terms of H.E. Palmer's theory that language can be divided into primary matter (units learned by heart integrally) and secondary matter (units built up or derived by the pupil from primary matter). Excerpts from the "Nuffield German Teaching Materials" are used to illustrate how…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Language Acquisition
Ango, Mary L. – Online Submission, 2002
Educology is knowledge about education, and the educology of science education is knowledge about the process of teaching and studying science in some setting, e.g. in schools, colleges and universities. Part of scientific expertise is having the process skills associated with scientific inquiry. Expertise in science process skills is a basic and…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Science Process Skills, Science Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Spetz, Steven N. – History and Social Science Teacher, 1989
Argues that the emphasis in law courses on memorizing facts fails to teach the desired concepts of reasoning and problem-solving. Recommends the use of open-book tests. Suggests that because law is an imprecise subject, and there are no right or wrong answers, it should be taught in an open format. (LS)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement
Haygood, E. Langston; Iran-Nejad, Asghar – 1993
Three learning modules are described and investigated as they reflect different students' conceptions of and approaches to learning. The Schoolwork Module (SWM) focuses on task performance and involves a passive, incremental, piecemeal, and rote memory method of learning, parallel to what might be implied by the Information Processing model of…
Descriptors: Adaptation Level Theory, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Factor Analysis
Romney, Bryan Miles – 1975
Windowless school buildings are currently being proposed as a design solution to the problems of vandalism, energy conservation, and building costs. However, little consideration is being given to the effects of windowless classrooms on the students and teachers inside. This thesis describes the effect of windowless classrooms on three specific…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment
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Koivukari, A. Mirjami – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1987
Discusses the importance of teachers of English-as-a-foreign language (EFL) in developing countries to understand the difference between teaching by rote and teaching for comprehension, primarily in the form of questions. A teacher training course that emphasized the importance of teaching for comprehension and promoting students' cognitive…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Deep Structure
Kirst, Michael W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1981
Japan produces more technicians and engineers than the U.S. as a result of higher standards for high school graduation and college entrance, highly effective teacher inservice training, and public support for science and technology. However, the reliance on imitation and rote learning remains a weakness in the Japanese educational system. (WD)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
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