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Ngeow, Karen Yeok-Hwa – 1998
Noting that transfer and motivation are mutually supportive in creating an optimal learning environment, this Digest discusses transfer (the application of prior knowledge to new learning situations) and motivation (the impetus to create and sustain intentions and goal-seeking acts) in relation to language learning. It discusses the relationship…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition
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
Striplin, Jenny J. – 1999
This digest discusses the challenges facing first-generation students, and offers strategies for helping them to transfer to four-year institutions. A first-generation community college student attends a community college, and his or her parents have not obtained a college degree. Large waves of immigration have affected community colleges; many…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Cultural Differences