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Kexin Li; Marilyn Lewis – rEFLections, 2016
Investigations into ways students learn to learn have been carried out for decades, with the results of interest to teachers and students as well as to researchers. The present case study aims to add to what we know about learner strategies by reporting the efforts of one student who had, at the time of her studies, no theoretical knowledge of the…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Higher Education, Student Attitudes
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Eidson, Barbara – Clearing House, 1984
Explains how teachers can instruct students in proper note taking techniques. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Library Role, Notetaking, Student Research
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Taylor, Karl K. – Journal of Reading, 1984
Analyzes the process by which successful writers summarize and suggests strategies for helping students summarize both expository and narrative reading material. (AEA)
Descriptors: Abstracting, Higher Education, Notetaking, Reading Skills
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Schumm, Jeanne Shay; Radencich, Marguerite C. – Journal of Reading, 1984
Outlines a step-by-step procedure for teaching late elementary or junior high school students how to write a term paper. (HOD)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Junior High School Students, Notetaking
Shaughnessy, Michael F.; Evans, Robert – 1986
A study was conducted to determine whether extensive vocabularies increase students' notetaking skills. The subjects, 45 volunteer college seniors involved in elementary and secondary student teaching, were given both the Nelson-Denny Reading Test (Form A) and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (revised), as well as the general information…
Descriptors: Cues, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Mnemonics
Gall, M. D.; And Others – 1990
This book makes the case for providing study skills instruction at the elementary and secondary school levels and identifies important study skills and how to teach them. Chapters include: (1) "The Case for Study Skills Instruction"; (2) "Theory and Research"; (3) "Planning for Study Skills Instruction"; (4)…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Research, Educational Theories, Elementary School Curriculum
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Newell, George – English Quarterly, 1986
Concludes that the nature of the writing tasks assigned to students will emphasize some aspects of the curriculum and de-emphasize others. (NKA)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Critical Thinking, Essays, Grade 11
Guyer, Barbara P. – 1989
Higher Education for Learning Problems (H.E.L.P.) is a tutorial program for students at Marshall University (West Virginia) who have learning disabilities. Tutoring in coursework is done by graduate assistants under the supervision of the director or assistant director. Remedial instruction in reading, spelling, and written language is provided by…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
Jordan, R. R. – 1997
This guide is designed to provide teachers of English for academic purposes (EAP) with background information and tools to design and conduct courses for students who are either native speakers or non-native speakers of English. Chapter topics include: definition and scope of EAP and related study skills; assessment of student needs, by case study…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Classroom Research, Cognitive Style, Course Content