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Peer reviewedMastropieri, Margo A. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1988
The paper describes the keyword method for vocabulary instruction with learning disabled, mentally retarded, gifted, and typical students. The keyword method, a mnemonic technique using visual imagery, involves recoding, relating, and retrieving. Building fluency, using scientific word parts to understand complex words, and generalizing to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedScruggs, Thomas E. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1986
The author describes his research experience in identifying potentially unique learning characteristics of gifted students. Visual imagery, mnemonics, spatial organization, and higher level verbal learning strategies are explored. Among broad conclusions reached is the perception of gifted students as active learners who spontaneously transform…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
