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Conrad, Lori L.; Matthews, Missy; Zimmerman, Cheryl; Allen, Patrick A. – Stenhouse Publishers, 2008
Just as comprehension strategies have helped millions of students learn to read like proficient readers, they can also help students think like effective test-takers. The authors show how students can use background knowledge, mental images, synthesizing, monitoring, inferring, questioning, and determining of importance to understand the genre of…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Items, Problem Solving, Thinking Skills
Cortes, Anibal; Kavafian, Nelly – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
Our study concerns the analysis of teacher and student activities. Secondary school 6th grade students were confronted, for the first time, with solving equations. We used our cognitive models of students and experts (in algebraic calculations) for analyzing the teaching process and the cognitive functioning of students. Our model led us to…
Descriptors: Equations (Mathematics), Grade 6, Algebra, Problem Solving
California Univ., Los Angeles. Office of Instructional Development. – 1987
A handbook for University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) teaching assistants is provided compiled from materials developed at UCLA and other college teaching programs. Separate sections cover: teaching roles, meeting the first class, leading sections, teaching one's own course, motivating students, teaching tips, preparing examinations,…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Cheating, College Instruction, Discussion (Teaching Technique)