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Wagner, Daniel A.; Spratt, Jennifer E. – Child Development, 1987
Results indicate specific and positive effects of Quranic schooling on serial memory but not on other memory or cognitive tasks. These findings replicate earlier reports that Quranic schooling affects specific (and not general) memory skills. (PCB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Memory

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

Blake, Kathryn A.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1971
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Hearing Impairments, Memorization, Paired Associate Learning

Sawyer, Diane J. – Clearing House, 1981
As educators, we must do more than present information and test for its accumulation. We must prepare each mind to learn--to receive and organize information for later application. This requires both an awareness of the learner's capacities and specific action to build a "cognitive set" to receive new material. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Competence, Learning Experience, Learning Readiness, Rote Learning
Levin, Joel R.; And Others – AV Communication Review, 1976
In the studies reported here, repetition of an orally presented story did help first grade children remember the information, but pictures were even more effective in facilitating recall of information. (Author)
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Educational Research, Illustrations, Media Research
Schmittau, Jean – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1996
Describes the case of a woman who experienced disparity in mathematics classrooms between learning (which for her was necessarily relational) and its validation by a system that did not ratify meaningful learning but instead rewarded the behavioral products of rote or instrumental learning. (MKR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Females, Higher Education
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
Haller, Coralie; Fisher, Ron; Gapp, Rod – Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, 2007
Purpose: To provide an understanding of the ways in which Confucian Heritage students use reflection as a means of learning at university. Design/methodology/approach: The approach is an exploratory qualitative study into the ways in which Confucian Heritage students learn while studying at university. Data are collected by means of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Learning, Cognitive Processes
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

Ornstein, Allan C. – NASSP Bulletin, 1988
Examines four varieties of curriculum irrelevance, including curricula that are fixed, antiseptic, trivial, and right answer-oriented. Suggests that educators need to stress curricular context and concern themselves more with process and less with products. Includes 10 references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Process Education, Relevance (Education)
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

McNicol, D.; Ryder, L. A. – Australian Journal of Psychology, 1973
Suggests that associations learned by rote or with imagery are unlearned at the same rate, but imagery is more effective than rote learning in reducing competition from irrelevant responses. (RB)
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Research, Nouns, Paired Associate 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

Rickards, John P.; Slife, Brent D. – American Educational Research Journal, 1987
A study involving 40 rote (high dogmatic) learners and 37 conceptual (low dogmatic) learners of college age was conducted to determine the optimal rhetorical structure of passages for each type of learner. The results indicate a significant interaction between dogmatism and rhetorical structure. (TJH)
Descriptors: College Students, Concept Teaching, Dogmatism, Higher Education
Radbourne, Jeniifer – Industry and Higher Education, 2006
This paper investigates the learning behaviour, learning environment and learning outcomes of Hong Kong Chinese students enrolled on an Australian university's Bachelor of Business degree course taught by visiting Australian lecturers in Hong Kong. The Chinese students are task-focused and passive learners. They do not demonstrate creative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Criticism, Rote Learning