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Blackwell, Evelyn J. – 1987
The Academic Internship Program (AIP), an experiential education program in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg high schools, is described in this paper. The program utilizes one-on-one and group internships to apply academic learning to real-life problem solving. Implementing a "whole brain" approach, a goal is to provide opportunities for…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Cooperative Learning, Education Work Relationship
Ford, Kathleen; Cameron, Catherine Ann – 1986
A study investigated the finding that metacognitive ability and reading level are related, and examined the effects of both presentation and response modes on young children's ability to detect ambiguity in messages. An ambiguity detection test was completed by 74 first grade children (who also completed a reading pretest), 26 second graders, and…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Grade 1
Maria, Katherine – 1986
Teachers enrolled in a graduate reading course on the latest research in comprehension and instructional techniques were asked to keep a metacognitive journal instead of writing a traditional term paper. The journal provided the 32 teachers with the opportunity to become aware of the strategies that they use in processing difficult material,…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Objectives, Graduate Study, Learning Processes
Simpson, Michele L. – Forum for Reading, 1986
To determine whether students have study strategies that they can transfer to future learning tasks, a research study used a content-based model--the Supportive Seminar--a voluntary content review session held by a leader enrolled in a targeted college course for freshmen. The leader acts as a role model for the students by attending all lectures,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
Walker, Rena M. – 1984
A study was conducted to examine students' reading difficulties from a metacognitive perspective by considering the content of their awareness and the control they demonstrated over that awareness as they reflected on similarities and differences in various types of reading materials. Subjects were 35 seventh grade students representing seven…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation
Rinehart, Steve D.; Platt, Jennifer M. – Forum for Reading, 1984
A literature review was undertaken to demonstrate how knowledge of one's cognitive processes, the orchestration of strategic effort, and the monitoring of one's cognitive activities can enhance reading performance. The findings indicate that while older readers exercise more awareness of their own learning processes and greater self-control or…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Learning Processes
de Klerk, Len F. W. – 1987
This paper reviews several studies on aptitude treatment interaction, the interaction between the learners' individual differences and methods of instruction. Specifically, it investigates the relationship between previous knowledge, including previously held misconceptions, and instructional methods. It is suggested that significant interactions…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
Mason, Jana; And Others – 1986
Two contrasting kindergarten reading programs (book-focused and letter-focused) were chosen for a study that evaluated the ability of the Early Reading Test to probe children's knowledge of stories as well as letters, sounds, and words. The test also evaluated the kinds of strategies children use to attempt reading tasks and, through interview…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Early Reading, Kindergarten Children
Schoenfeld, Alan H. – 1982
The dimensions of the broad social-cognitive and metacognitive matrix within which pure cognitions reside are examined. Tangible cognitive actions are the cross products of beliefs held about a task, the social environment within which the task takes place, and the problem solvers' perceptions of self and their relation to the task and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Beliefs, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
Corno, Lyn; And Others – 1982
The problem of increasing academic motivation and performance in low-achieving students is conceived as an instance of cognitive control, the deliberate process of regulating one's own thinking. The study used experienced teachers to aid in adapting and testing classroom techniques for helping low-achieving students to become more self-regulated…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Behavior Modification, Black Achievement
Baker, Linda – 1985
A study was conducted to determine whether word length and sentence position influence the likelihood that a child will acknowledge that a word has disrupted comprehension of a reading passage. In the first task, third and fifth grade skilled and less-skilled readers read 16 short paragraphs containing nonsense words and reported whether the…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Error Patterns, Grade 3
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Bromley, Karen – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2004
This article briefly reviews the research on word learning and vocabulary teaching, provides a rationale for building a rich vocabulary and identifies nine guidelines for sound vocabulary instruction. Problematic classroom practices are highlighted and a "best-practice" vocabulary teacher is described. The article also includes a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Guidelines, Childrens Literature
Weed, Keri; Ryan, Ellen Bouchard – 1982
In a study that investigated differences in the processing styles of beginning readers, a Pictograph Sentence Memory Test (PSMT) was administered to first and second grade students to determine their processing style as well as to assess instructional effects. Based on their responses to the PSMT, the children were classified as either visual or…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
Hughes, Carolyn S. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1986
Describes 10 key elements of generic teaching strategies for developing student thinking and provides a rationale for the participation of school library media specialists in developing student thinking skills. The role of media specialists within the school and the importance of information-based decision making in a free society are discussed.…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Learning Resources Centers
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Zvetina, Marina – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
Briefly summarizes popular perspectives on the native-language reading process; presents pertinent studies of second-language reading; and analyzes these studies for pedagogical implications in three categories: organization of prior knowledge during the pre-reading phase; development of metacognitive skills during the reading act; and careful…
Descriptors: Language Research, Metacognition, Prereading Experience, Reader Text Relationship
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