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Sparking Interest, Reducing Learning? The Hidden Drawback of Fun Facts and Other "Seductive Details"
Download full textSundar, Kripa – American Educator, 2020
This article describes "seductive details" as attention-grabbing, irrelevant pieces of information. They can be words, illustrations, photographs, animations, narrations, videos, or sounds. Studying the effects of seductive details is a growing area of research--but it is far enough along to merit teachers' interest: there are over 20…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Attention, Attention Control, Student Interests
Allen, Virginia French – 1983
A manual for teaching vocabulary to students of English as a second language is introduced by a discussion of the reasons for neglecting vocabulary development in the past and the reasons for the present emphasis on it. The chapters that follow develop practical instructional methods for each language learning level. The topics include: (1)…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Form Classes (Languages)
South Bay Cooperative Library System, San Jose, CA. – 1986
Curricula for public library use instruction designed for limited-English-proficient (LEP) students are presented. Lessons are included for each of four instructional levels, and each lesson assumes that the student may have exposure to only one lesson. These basic concepts are covered: (1) information on all subjects is available at the public…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Difficulty Level, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
