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ERIC Number: EJ350760
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Direct vs. Mnemonic Instruction: Relative Benefits for Exceptional Learners.
Mastropieri, Margo A.; And Others
Journal of Special Education, v20 n3 p299-308 Fall 1986
Two experiments comparing the effectiveness of direct versus mnemonic instruction in teaching learning-disabled high school students (N=56) and educable mentally retarded junior high school students (N=8) about the hardness of minerals indicated that students taught with the mnemonic pictorial method substantially outperformed direct instruction students. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, High Schools, Instructional Effectiveness, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Mild Mental Retardation, Mnemonics, Pictorial Stimuli, Science Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Direct Instruction