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Becnel, Shirley T. – 1984
The report presents a framework for the application of a curriculum model to computer programs designed for special education students, specifically slow learners and learning disabled students in regular and special education classes. The program content includes selected basic skills instructional components that are transferable to a computer.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development
Adams, Harvey B.; Wallace, Belle – Gifted Education International, 1988
Described is an approach to the teaching of thinking and problem-solving for gifted and regular education students, based on R.J. Sternberg's "Suggested Criteria for the Development of Thinking Skills Programmes." The program provides specific skills training and ample practice, emphasizes cooperative learning and motivation, and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cooperative Learning, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSmith, Gayle; Smith, Don – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1989
A school-wide program was developed to teach study skills (involving cognitive strategies and school survival skills) to mainstreamed secondary-level students with learning disabilities. The program involved training teachers, synchronizing teaching schedules, and observing teachers. Students learned study strategies that transferred to content…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Gaskins, Irene; Elliot, Thorne – 1991
Improving reading instruction has been the primary focus at the Benchmark School in Media, Pennsylvania. This book describes the various phases of Benchmark's development of a program to create strategic learners, thinkers, and problem solvers across the curriculum. The goal is to provide teachers and administrators with a handbook that can be…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Download full textOlson, Gary A., Ed. – 1984
Prepared by writing center directors, the articles in this book examine the pedagogical theories of tutorial services and relate them to actual center practices. The 19 articles are arranged into three categories: writing center theory, writing center administration, and special concerns. Specific topics discussed in the articles include the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cognitive Processes, Educational Theories, Higher Education
Tyler Junior Coll., TX. – 1995
A project conducted at Tyler Junior College (Texas) developed a video and a handbook to train tutors and assist instructors to: employ learning strategies developed specifically for occupational students with learning disabilities and/or attention deficit disorder (ADD); build affective skills on their advisory tutors/students; and strengthen the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Attention Deficit Disorders, Cognitive Processes, College Programs
