The study, involving 115 educable mentally retarded (EMR) children (11 to 16 years old), was designed to analyze the kind of reasoning the children used in the A. Haines and M. Jackson study to motivate their resistance responses. (Author/SW)

Examines and illustrates a teaching method which corrects one-shot thinking and teaches remedial students to think in careful, sequential steps using diagrams and visual aids. Contrasts the method to Skinner's concept of shaping. Reviews study results showing that students exposed to the method demonstrated improvements in reading, achievement…

The method presented provides a systematic approach for communicating information about interrelationships between concepts taught in a psychology course. Students who did not receive the information through traditional instructional methods received enhanced scores on tests of structural understanding. Five references are listed. (MER)

Indicates that within the limits imposed by a one-to-one setting, children taught words by either of two segmented methods performed better in initial learning and transfer than did those children who were given only practice in reading unsegmented words. (FL)

Focuses on the role of the grammatical explanation in second language teaching. Its function and presentation is a complex issue among the various teaching methods, and the teacher's decision to use it depends on learners' needs. Recommendations are made for matching appropriate types of grammatical presentation to the student population. (PJM)

Presents research findings that provide the basis for describing copying as a cognitive task, and suggests an approach to instruction and learning that is consistent with this view. (Author/MP)

The effect of focused or preorganized instruction on the mental operations of 64 learning disabled (LD) children (8 to 12 years old) was examined. Results indicated focused instruction had a positive effect on cognitive functioning. (Author)

Forty children of different ages responded individually to cartoon drawing in one of two orders of presentation in order to investigate children's understanding of recursive thinking. Five boys and five girls in each of the age ranges five to six, six to seven, seven to eight, and eight to nine served as subjects. (MP)

Intermediate students scored better on reading comprehension tests when questions on content were interspersed in the text. (JD)

Describes the Lozanov Method and recommends it as a source of renewal for the language teacher. (AM)

Discusses the dichotomy between rational and nonrational learning processes, arguing for an integration of both. Reviews information processing theory and related learning strategies. Presents a model instructional strategy that fully integrates rational and nonrational processes. Describes implications for teaching and learning of the learning…

Defines higher order learning and its component parts, and describes how it can be taught. Argues that effective strategy training interventions use multicomponent interventions, embed strategy training interventions, offer practice of higher-order skills within the context of existing curricula, explain the utility of different cognitive and…

Explores written calculation methods for division used by pupils in England (n=276) and the Netherlands (n=259). Analyses informal strategies and identifies progression towards more structured procedures that result from different teaching approaches. Comparison of methods used shows greater success in the Dutch approach which is based on…

Examines the process of teaching critical thinking in an adult basic education classroom. Introduces an alternative learning process that challenges the traditional model of unquestioning, uncritical acceptance of teacher and text and enables students to become more active and equal participants in learning. (Author/JOW)

Comments on the mistrustful attitude toward feeling and the biological body in feminist theories of performance. Proposes that recent developments in cognitive neuroscience and neurophysiology can provide a way to reengage issues of feeling, consciousness and performance. Calls for feminists to reconsider not only Stanislavsky-based approaches to…