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Strategies
An article mainly based on an interview with Robert Siegler, a leading expert on children's thinking. In the interview, Siegler discusses the importance of focusing on strategies in children's learning.
( http://www.psy.cmu.edu/psy/faculty/rsiegler.html )
Memory Links
Lots of good links to information about memory, including how and why people remember, forgetting, and memory games to play with children.
( http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/links.html )
Short-Term Memory
A short-term memory demonstration that lets you experience the range and limitations of this memory system. >>Children's eyewitness testimony Forming Concepts http://askeric.org/Eric/ An ERIC database. At this site, type in the words "concept formation" to access a number of articles on forming concepts.
( http://pantheon.cis.yale.edu/~bayern/feb15-demo1.html )
Metacognition
Explore the concept of metacognition and connect with other sites on the role of metacognition in language learning and learning strategies.
( http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/meta.html )
Metacognition and Reading
Examine how metacognition can be used in effective reading and read abstracts of articles on metacognition and reading.
( http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/digests/d96.html )
Self-Regulatory Learning
Provides the full text of the article "Feedback and Self-Regulated Learning: A Theoretical Synthesis," which explores many dimensions of self-regulatory learning.
( http://ericcass.uncg.edu/digest/2001-08.html )







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