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Massey, Sara R. – 1978
Most teachers of adult professionals have been teachers of a younger student population. The characteristics of adult learners and their learning process necessitates other considerations in the designing of learning experiences. Additionally, the content to be learned and the responsibilities of the teacher are essential considerations in…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Adults, Behavior Patterns
McCormick, Claire M. – 1977
This paper describes the results of a behavioral analysis of learning sequences used in initial instruction in the New Reading System, an early-reading curriculum. A rational analysis using behavioral categories yielded a set of strategies for teaching reading acquisition skills. Contingency management was assessed by an application of the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Behavioral Science Research, Contingency Management, Learning Processes
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Atkinson, Richard C. – American Psychologist, 1975
Discusses the keyword method, which divided vocabulary learning into two stages: (1) the subject associates the spoken foreign word with the keyword, and association that is formed quickly because of the acoustic similarity between the words, and, (2) the subject forms a mental image of the keyword "interacting" with the English translation.…
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Mnemonics
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Freilich, Joan S. – French Review, 1975
This article discusses some of the pedagogical trends at work in secondary schools today, and suggests their implications in college language teaching. (CLK)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, French, High Schools, Language Instruction
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Spoelders, Marc – ITL Review of Applied Linguistics, 1974
Suggests an eclectic approach to foreign language teaching where the learner's cognitive structures and capacities as well as his entire personality would be taken into consideration. See FL 507 969 for availability information. (TL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Psychology, Language Instruction, Learning Motivation
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Barr, Rebecca – School Review, 1975
The purpose of this paper was to explore the nature of certain decisions that teachers make in planning classroom instruction - in particular, their procedures for grouping pupils and pacing instruction. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Objectives, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Learning Processes
Foerster, Ursula – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1974
In teaching adults (i.e., those with language competence between the levels of a high school graduate and a teacher or interpreter), one must consider psychological factors; six are listed, including logic and mental activity in memorizing. Suggestions for drill are given. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Advanced Students, Cognitive Processes, Language Instruction
Hagen, Owen A.; Stansberry, Steve T. – Soc Educ, 1969
From the Series "Social Studies Education: The Elementary School -- Focus on Inquiry.
Descriptors: Discovery Processes, Elementary Education, Inquiry, Learning Motivation
Kravitz, Bernard; Soraka, Diane Jural – Soc Educ, 1969
From the Series "Social Studies Education: The Elementary School -- Focus on Inquiry.
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Inquiry, Intermediate Grades, Learning Motivation
Nelson, Albert L.; Simmons, Lisso R. – Soc Educ, 1969
From the Series "Social Studies Education: The Elementary School -- Focus on Inquiry.
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Resources, Elementary Education, Inquiry
Feldhusen, John F.; and others – NSPI Journal, 1969
Descriptors: Classification, Exceptional Child Education, Feedback, Gifted
Melaro, Constance L. – Instr, 1969
Descriptors: Elementary Education, FLES, Handwriting Instruction, Handwriting Readiness
Ahlfeld, Kathy – Nat Sch, 1969
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten Children
Stanback, Margaret – 1980
The author first reviews traditional approaches to classroom spelling instruction, then presents research on remedial spelling instruction for learning disabled children. Section I considers factors which make spelling harder than reading, the history of traditional spelling instruction from Colonial times to the 1950s, the generalization…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, History, Learning Disabilities, Learning Processes
Locke, Lawrence F. – 1979
The use of an established research method, Research on Teacher Effectiveness (RTE), is considered as it may be applied to examine successful teaching methods in physical activities and sports. The basic process of RTE is observing teachers at work with students in the classroom or gymnasium. Research on the relationship between teaching behaviors…
Descriptors: Achievement, Learning Processes, Methods Research, Physical Activities
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