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Which Conditions Facilitate the Effectiveness of Large-Group Learning Activities? A Systematic Review of Research in Higher Education
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Jerez, Oscar; Orsini, Cesar; Ortiz, Catalina; Hasbun, Beatriz – Learning: Research and Practice, 2021
Large-group activities have increased in higher education since 2000. Research focused on the possibility to have positive effects on students' learning, regardless of the number of students by identifying facilitating factors. Hence, the achievement of learning results is used as a criterion of effectiveness. This review summarises the findings…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Learning Activities, Group Activities, Higher Education
Developing Fluency with Basic Number Facts: Intervention for Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Garnett, Katherine – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1992
Insights from both cognitive psychology and learning disabilities intervention research are presented to improve understanding of the processes by which number fact fluency develops. Discussion includes assessment guidelines and learning strategies such as counting all, counting on, and alternative groupings. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Computation
Mathematics Instruction for Learning Disabled Students: A Review of Research.
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Mastropieri, Margo A.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1991
Thirty studies that examined mathematics strategies for use with learning-disabled students are reviewed. The studies evaluated reinforcement and goal setting on seat work performance, specific strategies for computation and problem solving, mnemonic strategies, peer mediation, and computer-assisted instruction. Virtually all instructional…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Curriculum and Instructional Issues in Teaching Secondary Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Rieth, Herbert J.; Polsgrove, Lewis – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1994
This article on curriculum and instructional issues in teaching secondary students with learning disabilities discusses the impact of traditional secondary school programs on these students; promising research examining alternative program models and instructional interventions (including the Strategies Intervention Model, Integrated Strategy…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum, Intervention, Learning Disabilities
Visual Depictions as Information Organizers for Enhancing Achievement of Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Crank, Joe N.; Bulgren, Janis A. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
This paper reviews research involving the use of visual depictions such as webs, matrices, timelines, networks, and charts of relationships to teach content information to students with learning disabilities. As an adjunct to lecture-discussion instruction, these enhancements have been shown to result in greater student learning of content…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Materials
Using Content Enhancements to Improve the Performance of Adolescents with Learning Disabilities in Content Classes.
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Hudson, Pamela; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
This article reviews the literature on the use of content enhancement techniques to help secondary students with learning disabilities to identify, organize, comprehend, and memorize critical content information. Content enhancements described include visual displays, mnemonics, advance organizers, study guides, peer mediation, audiotapes, and…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Area Reading, Instructional Effectiveness
Instructional Components That Predict Treatment Outcomes for Students with Learning Disabilities: Support for a Combined Strategy and Direct Instruction Model.
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Swanson, H. Lee – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1999
Review of 180 intervention studies identified instructional components that best predicted effect sizes for students with learning disabilities. These included sequencing, drill-repetition-practice feedback, segmentation of information, technology (structure-presentation medium), controlling task difficulty (e.g., scaffolding), modeling…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Effect Size, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness