Learning

Annotated Research

Question: What helps students learn new content?

Answer: “Students’ ability to integrate new information with existing knowledge was more likely to help them learn new content than were their vocabularies or reading skills.” MF Shaughnessy and R Evan. 1986. P. 223.

Comment: A skill not easily taught. RayS.

Title: “Annotated Bibliography of Research in the Teaching of English.” JD Marshall and RK Durst. Research in the Teaching of English (May 1988), 213-227.