This digest goes over research that has been conducted to determine the value of providing students with ways to activate their prior knowledge base, in order to increase comprehension when learning. (
http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9219/prior.htm
)
This digest looks at research findings and instructional applications of effective teacher presentation skills. (
http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-928/critical.htm
)
This digest goes over research that has been conducted to determine the value of providing students with ways to activate their prior knowledge base, in order to increase comprehension when learning. (
http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9219/prior.htm
)
This digests talks about how readers rely on their prior knowledge and world experience when trying to comprehend a text. Readers make use of their schema when they take what they already know about a topic and relate it to the ideas being presented in a text. The richer a student's schema is for a given topic, the better he or she will understand the material being learned. (
http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9213/schema.htm
)
Teach students how to create multimedia presentations, using Microsoft PowerPoint, by visiting this fun-filled, online tutorial. (
http://www.actden.com/pp/
)
An on-line journal dedicated to providing education professionals access to articles that can have a positive impact on assessment, research, evaluation, and teaching practice. (
http://pareonline.net/Home.htm
)
This site considers the use of holistic scoring techniques to eliminate bias when evaluating essays. This technique looks at the student's work as complete units rather than as a collection of constituent elements. (
http://hakatai.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/labyforum/May93/May93F1.html
)