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Barlow, Angela T.; Duncan, Matthew; Lischka, Alyson E.; Hartland, Kristin S.; Willingham, J. Christopher – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2017
When presented with a problem in mathematics class, students often function as problem performers rather than problem solvers (Rigelman 2007). That is, rather than understanding the problem, students focus on using an operation to complete it. Students' tendencies to act as problem performers can prevent them from suggesting problem-solving…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Learning Strategies, Mathematics Education, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Lou, Yingling – TESL Canada Journal, 2020
Recent research on disciplinary literacy has called for a paradigm shift among secondary content teachers from perceiving themselves as disciplinary content transmitters to disciplinary literacy teachers who model and engage students in reading, writing, inquiring, and doing like experts within each discipline. How do content teachers incorporate…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Content Area Reading, English Language Learners, Teaching Methods
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Swiderski, Suzanne M. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2011
High school teachers who engage students through active learning in their classrooms can more fully understand this instructional practice by examining the theories and strategies underlying the cognitive perspective of educational psychology, which addresses the development of knowledge in the individual mind. Two theoretical explanations,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Active Learning, Learner Engagement, Teacher Student Relationship
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Montagna, Erik; Guerreiro, Juliano R.; Torres, Bayardo B. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2010
The understanding of complex physiological processes requires information from many different areas of knowledge. To meet this interdisciplinary scenario, the ability of integrating and articulating information is demanded. The difficulty of such approach arises because, more often than not, information is fragmented through under graduation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biochemistry, Physiology, Biomedicine
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McFall, Lindsey; Fitzpatrick, Michael – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2010
The U.S. Department of Education (2000) reported that approximately 80% of students identified with learning disabilities (LD) received half of their instruction within the general education classroom setting. Therefore, it is important that general education teachers implement teaching strategies and practices that meet the distinct educational…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, General Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Fisher, Douglas; Frey, Nancy – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2008
All teachers want their students to become independent learners, but even motivated students are reluctant to take responsibility for their own learning. So what every teacher needs is this book's tried-and-true method for gradually enabling students to take on more of the "work" of classroom learning. Two experienced teachers describe a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Prior Learning, Learning Strategies, Small Group Instruction
Sprenger, Marilee – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2005
When teaching a lesson, do students remember the information the next day? The next week? Will they retain that information long enough to use it on a high-stakes test and, most importantly, will they retain it well enough to make use of it in their lives beyond school? "How to Teach So Students Remember" offers seven steps to increase students'…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Teaching Methods, Mnemonics, Long Term Memory
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Johnson, Dale D.; von Hoff Johnson, Bonnie – Journal of Reading, 1986
Describes 10 categories of inferences and proposes a three-step procedure for teaching students to make inferences while reading. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Inferences, Learning Strategies, Prior Learning
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Johnson, Dale D.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1986
Describes semantic mapping, an effective strategy for vocabulary instruction that involves the categorical structuring of information in graphic form and requires students to relate new words to their own experience and prior knowledge. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Prior Learning
Ruddell, Robert B.; Ruddell, Martha Rapp – 1995
Designed to include a broad base of information about how children acquire and develop literacy, this book discusses the knowledge that is necessary to be an influential teacher of reading and writing. Each chapter in the book begins and ends with a "Double Entry Journal" (DEJ)--an interactive strategy designed to stimulate thinking and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy, Learning Strategies, Literacy
Christen, William L.; Murphy, Thomas J. – 1991
It appears that the value of providing students with strategies to activate their prior knowledge base or to build a base if one does not exist is supported by current research. Creating an opportunity to challenge students to call on their collective experiences (prior knowledge) is essential. Through this process, teachers move students from…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Processes
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Anders, Patricia L.; Bos, Candace S. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Explains semantic feature analysis, a technique that helps students learn a new vocabulary by seeing how words are alike and how they are different. (HOD)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Guidelines, Learning Strategies, Prior Learning
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Laffey, Donna G.; Laffey, James L. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Describes vocabulary lesson sequences that were used to teach sixth, seventh, and eighth grade remedial readers economics vocabulary from the newspaper. (HOD)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Lesson Plans
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Nelson-Herber, Joan – Journal of Reading, 1986
Argues that new vocabulary words should be presented in concept clusters and related to prior knowledge to facilitate organization in memory. Presents a sample lesson for science vocabulary. (HOD)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Learning Strategies
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Doye, Peter – Language Learning Journal, 2004
In the following article the author presents a methodological framework for the teaching of intercomprehension. Competence in intercomprehension is seen as a realisation of the general human faculty for using and understanding language, which includes the ability to comprehend texts and utterances in "unfamiliar" languages. This competence can be…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Prior Learning, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teaching Methods
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