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Sprague, Stuart Seely – Southern Social Studies Quarterly, 1988
Describes a method for re-enacting presidential elections as a classroom activity, stressing the importance of student involvement in learning. Provides a way to structure each election for classroom instruction and suggests some of the more significant elections to study. Includes a number of nineteenth century election songs as examples of…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Class Activities, Elections, Elementary Secondary Education
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Stephens, Diane – English Education, 1987
Suggests that learning comes about by recognizing anomalies, experiencing doubt, and making subsequent changes, and uses a study undertaken in a classroom for learning disabled students to illustrate. (JC)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Discovery Learning
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Chappelle, Carol; Jamieson, Joan – TESOL Quarterly, 1986
Reports on a study of the effectiveness of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) in the acquisition of English as a second language by Arabic- and Spanish-speaking students in an intensive program. Examines two student variables--time spent using CALL lessons and attitude toward them--as well as four cognitive/affective characteristics.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language), Field Dependence Independence, Higher Education
Thomas, Alice, Ed. – Center for Development and Learning, 2004
This issue of the quarterly newsletter, "PLAINTalk," is the second in a four part series, reprinting chapters from Sharon and Craig Ramey's book, "Going to School." Other articles in this issue include: (1) Ten Hallmarks of Children Who Succeed in School (Craig T. Ramey and Sharon L. Ramey); (2) Questioning to Aid Reading Comprehension; (3) Basic…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Student Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Parent Role
Covert, Clinton Mark – 2002
A study identified and compared characteristics of enlisted soldiers who participated in postsecondary educational offerings to those who did not and identified barriers to participation for participants and nonparticipants. Individual and focus group interviews were conducted with 92 soldiers at one Army installation. Nonparticipants named these…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Armed Forces, Career Change
Tokuhama-Espinosa, Tracey – 2001
This book illustrates how children learn foreign languages and when they can do so with the best results. The most recent studies in linguistics, neurology, education, and psychology are evaluated, and the findings are presented in a recipe format. Parents are encouraged to evaluate the multilingual children in their lives with the use of tools…
Descriptors: Brain, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Role, Family School Relationship
Kohring, Aaron – 1999
Adult basic education (ABE) and literacy programs have used many different strategies and tools to recruit new students. A small sampling of Tennessee ABE programs shows the more effective recruitment strategies are word-of-mouth referrals; newspaper advertisements and articles; fliers; brochures; posters, radio messages, and public service…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Age Differences, Educational Needs
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Rubin, Rebecca B.; Morreale, Sherwyn P. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1996
Basic communication skills should be required for all college students. Effective methods of instruction include specific communications courses, integrated across-the-curriculum instruction, on-going assessment, and classes in advanced skills. Competent communication requires knowledge, skill, and motivation. Advanced skills could be taught…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Curriculum, College Instruction, Communication Skills
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Turner, Julianne C.; Meyer, Debra K.; Midgley, Carol; Patrick, Helen – Elementary School Journal, 2003
Examined the relation between the nature of teacher discourse and sixth-grade students' reports of affect and behavior in mathematics classrooms students perceived as emphasizing both mastery and performance goals. Found that students in the classroom in which there was constant and explicit support for autonomy and intrinsic motivation, positive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Discourse, Affective Behavior, Child Behavior
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Reigeluth, Charles M. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1989
Discusses changes needed in the field of educational technology and recommends future directions. Topics discussed include instructional theories; descriptive versus prescriptive theories; analysis versus synthesis; a formative evaluation approach to research; the relationship of research and development; organizational methods for instruction;…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Research, Educational Technology
Haozhang, Xiao – Forum, 1997
Describes a program for teaching oral communication in large English-as-a-Foreign-Language classes that focuses on the link between listening and speaking; accuracy, fluency, interaction, and meaning; authentic language use; feedback and correction; opportunities to initiate oral communication; development of speaking strategies, and motivating…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Error Correction
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Horwitz, Elaine K. – System, 1999
Compares English-as-a-Foreign-Language students beliefs about language learning, using responses to the Beliefs about Language Learning Inventory (BALLI) to identify similarities and differences across cultural groups. Examination of individual BALLI responses did not yield clear-cut cultural differences in beliefs. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Beliefs, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Context Effect
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Randi, Judi; Zeichner, Kenneth M. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2004
Consistent with the conception of teaching as a learning profession, the authors' vision of a professional teacher workforce is one in which teachers do take responsibility for their own learning--their work. Supporting teachers' transition from workers to learners may require learning opportunities of a different type--work opportunities offered…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Characteristics, Staff Development
Kim, Meesook – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2003
Learning no longer takes place as effectively as it did before in most current Korean classrooms. Many teachers have voiced concerns about a notably reduced level of students' interest in and enthusiasm for learning school materials, lack of students' attention to their lectures, and lack of students' involvement in classroom activities. This…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Teacher Effectiveness
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Rentroia-Bonito, M. A.; Jorge, J.; Ghaoui, C. – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2006
E-learning is expected to support organizations and individuals so they can become more adaptable and competitive. However, in order for organizations to realize the full potential of this technology, they should create and sustain the right context to foster learning in articulation with business objectives. This requires active participation and…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Electronic Learning, Organizational Climate, Factor Structure
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