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Mudd, James M.; Wolery, Mark – Journal of the Division for Early Childhood, 1987
Four Head Start teachers, taught to use the "incidental teaching" technique (transmitting information or practicing skills with children during unstructured situations) were observed in free play situations with language-delayed children. Results indicated that an inservice training workshop and written and verbal feedback resulted in…
Descriptors: Feedback, Incidental Learning, Inservice Teacher Education, Language Handicaps
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Abbott, Gerry – System, 1987
Addresses issues involved in the acquisition of English as a foreign language (EFL) outside of the classroom and the conflict this often creates with English learned within the classroom. Some suggestions for development of future EFL syllabi are made to ensure the creation of effective, relevant resources. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Principles, Educational Resources
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Reese, Stephen D. – Journal of Broadcasting, 1984
Discusses methodology and results of a study focusing on improving television's informing process by examining effects of combining visual and captioned information with a reporter's script. Results indicate redundant pictures and words enhance learning, while adding redundant print information either had no effect or detracted from learning. (MBR)
Descriptors: Captions, Higher Education, Incidental Learning, Literature Reviews
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Deats, Tom – Educational Theory, 1976
Using communication theory, the author questions to what extent the future of education should be controlled and to what extent emergent and incidental learning should dictate change. (GW)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Communication (Thought Transfer), Controlled Environment, Educational Change
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Naik, J. P. – Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1979
Discusses the three channels for education in developing countries: schools, or the formal education system; modern nonformal education through mass media and government programs; and the traditional incidental education serving most of the people. Suggests reforms in all channels to emphasize adult and continuing education. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Developing Nations, Educational Change
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Paribakht, T. Sima; Wesche, Marjorie – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1999
This follow-up study of a classroom experiment with university English-as-a-Second-Language students that demonstrated incidental acquisition of new lexical knowledge through the reading of thematically-related texts explores how vocabulary knowledge may be acquired as a by-product of reading for comprehension. Findings are interpreted in terms of…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Incidental Learning
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Doyle, Patricia Munson; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1990
Constant time delay was found to be an effective strategy in teaching targeted facts to four secondary-age students with mild and moderate mental retardation. Students also learned other students' target facts through observation and learned incidental information embedded in the consequent event following correct responding. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Mild Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation
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Notar, Ellen – Childhood Education, 1989
Maintains that parents and educators should watch what children watch on television, especially commercials. Parents and educators should teach children to critically observe and analyze the messages and assumptions of television commercials. (BB)
Descriptors: Children, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Imagery
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Rice, Mabel L.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1994
This study compared factors contributing to Quick Incidental Learning of new vocabulary by 50 5-year olds with specific language impairment (SLI) and 2 comparison groups. Although SLI children exhibited a robust representational mapping ability, performance was modulated by a minimum input constraint and apparent problems with storage into…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Incidental Learning, Language Acquisition
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Rousell, Michael A.; Gillis, David – Guidance & Counselling, 1994
Normal fluctuations in consciousness and spontaneous trance states may produce inadvertent hypnotic influence in the classroom. Two case studies illustrate how students may be thus influenced by explicit or implicit suggestions, resulting in subsequent self-defeating behaviors. These cases were successfully treated by reconstructing earlier…
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Classroom Environment, Counseling Techniques, Elementary Education
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Newman, Lawrence S. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1990
In a study of recall in gamelike and lessonlike contexts, 4- and 5-year-old children were asked to remember or to play with a set of 16 pictures or toys in a naturalistic or laboratory setting. The children's behavior and language were measured during two-minute study phases, after which recall was assessed. (BC)
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Intentional Learning, Memorization, Pictorial Stimuli
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McGee, Gail G.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1992
Three typical preschoolers were trained as peer tutors for three young children with autism. Tutors used incidental teaching to obtain verbal labels of preferred toys by children with autism. Adult supervision and assistance were faded systematically with resulting maintenance of increased reciprocal interactions. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Autism, Generalization, Incidental Learning, Interaction
Clyde, Jean Anne; Mills, Heidi – Dimensions, 1991
Discusses the ways in which a group of first graders used literacy events to demonstrate their understanding of the functions and purpose of print. Students prepared signs and messages to each other during a three-day camping excursion. Examples of student signs are included. (BB)
Descriptors: Camping, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Field Trips
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Ruopp, Richard – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1993
Discusses the impact of the telecommunication experience on student skills (thinking, reading, writing, group dynamics, and basic computer literacy) and student motivation and attitudes (educational attitudes, self-concept, and world view). Discusses indirect learning as the heart of the project approach to education. Lists research questions on…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Incidental Learning, Information Networks, Learning Activities
McGee, Gail G.; Morrier, Michael J.; Daly, Teresa – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 1999
This article describes the Walden Toddler Program, a comprehensive early intervention model designed to be used for toddlers with autism in the natural environments of a child care center and children's homes. It reviews the program's philosophical foundations and describes key components of the model's incidental teaching. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Autism, Curriculum, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
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