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Direct linkHartman, JudithAnn R.; Dahm, Donald J.; Nelson, Eric A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
Studies in cognitive science have verified that working memory (where the brain solves problems) can manipulate nearly all elements of knowledge that can be recalled automatically from long-term memory, but only a few elements that have not previously been well memorized. Research in reading comprehension has found that "lecture notes with…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, High Schools, Secondary School Science, Undergraduate Study
Richards, Regina G. – 2003
This book is a comprehensive guide to learning and memory strategies for all students and especially those with learning problems. Chapter 1, on memory and the brain, explains brain cells, the cortex, function of the cerebral lobes, and other brain structures. Chapter 2 examines the memory process and discusses sensory memory, short-term memory,…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Arts, Learning Problems
Gunnison, J. – 1983
Current research on information processing suggests that short term memory plays a central role in the sorting and manipulation of text information during reading. Because an entire text cannot be processed simultaneously, successive "chunks" or units of information enter the short term memory where they are compared to the reader's previous…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Processing, Long Term Memory
Peer reviewedPressley, Michael; And Others – Elementary School Journal, 1989
Discusses strategies designed to improve elementary school children's memory and comprehension of text. The strategies include summarization, representation, mnemonic imagery, story grammar, question generation, question answering, and prior knowledge activation. (RJC)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Instructional Improvement
Walter, Catherine – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2008
In examining reading comprehension in a second language (L2), I have demonstrated that the prevailing metaphor of transfer of skills is misleading, and that what happens is access to an already existing general cognitive skill. There is evidence in first language (L1) and in L2 that accessing this skill when reading in an alphabetic language…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Phonology, Second Language Learning, Oral Language
Peer reviewedGraves, Ann W.; Levin, Joel R. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
Thirty learning-disabled students in grades five-eight read several passages and attempted to identify and remember main ideas. Students were assigned to one to three conditions: control, monitoring and self-questioning, or mnemonic. The monitoring strategy was most effective for main-idea finding, whereas the mnemonic strategy was most effective…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities
Wagner, Richard K., Ed.; Muse, Andrea E., Ed.; Tannenbaum, Kendra R., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2006
Understanding a text requires more than the ability to read individual words: it depends greatly on vocabulary knowledge. This important book brings together leading literacy scholars to synthesize cutting-edge research on vocabulary development and its connections to reading comprehension. The volume also reviews an array of approaches to…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Language Processing
Rafoth, Mary Ann – 1999
This book provides examples of embedded learning and study strategies, all of which represent success stories used by teachers and support teams in real classrooms. Seven chapters focus on: (1) "Overview: The Teacher's Role in Inspiring Independent Learning"; (2) "Primary Grades: Building a Strong Foundation" (e.g., simple memory strategies,…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Independent Study, Memory
Peer reviewedMudkiff, Bostick; Cramer, Mary McCart – Arithmetic Teacher, 1993
Proposes the use of children's literature as a method to connect language and mathematics. Presents examples of children's books by mathematical topic and methods by which they can be employed in mathematics instruction. (31 references) (MDH)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Computation, Elementary Education, Language Skills
MacGinitie, Walter H.; And Others – 1979
Summaries of several papers are presented to develop a working theoretical analysis of reading comprehension and an understanding of development in language comprehension based upon empirical studies. Contributions from the areas of assessment, artificial intelligence, cognition (including schema theory), instruction, linguistics, learning…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Processes, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedScholes, Corey – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1998
Presents a diagnostic teaching unit in general science designed to identify effective learning strategies for seventh-grade students with learning disabilities or behavior disorders. The unit is intended to identify effective strategies for students in reading comprehension, mathematics problem solving, and memory. Detailed instructions for four…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Diagnostic Teaching, Grade 7, Junior High Schools
Bryant, Dale; And Others – 1983
The Research Institute for the Study of Learning Disabilities, established at Teachers College, Columbia University, was guided by the postulation that academic failure experienced by learning-disabled children results from interaction between the way they process information and the information processing demands of the instructional methods…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Download full textPrice, Anne; Crawford, Shawn; Tottle, Johanne; Maunula, Susan – Online Submission, 2006
This publication focuses on teaching students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD). The first chapter identifies and explains AD/HD: its causes, characteristics, its diagnosis and assessment process, related conditions, and what it looks in the classroom. The following chapters offer information and sample strategies supporting…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity, Elementary Secondary Education, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
