For example, in the article the author talks about the book "Fish Is Fish," by Leo Lionni (1970) where a fish befriends a tadpole that becomes a frog. ... The book depicts the fishes' view of the objects, each being a slightly adapted fish-like form. ... In contrast, Bransford focuses more on the teacher as a guide directing the student's pre-existing knowledge. ... However, Plato's theory of learning is based on questioning the student, whereas Bransford values past experience and views the teacher as a guide in shaping the student's pre-existing knowledge. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The author of our text book speaks of three different frameworks that can be used to design a course. ... This framework offers a guide for breaking things down into chunks of information that can be used on a day to day basis making it easier for them to create learning objectives and goals for the students of the class. ...

• Word Count: 1078
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Here comes SQ3R, the method was put forward by Francis Pleasant Robinson in his 1946 book Effective Study, based on principles documented in the 1930s (Robinson, 1946). ... For example, the students who completed two hours study sessions per chapter followed a study guide, and finished sample exercises thereafter, usually performed better on test than other who does not spent the time of reading textbook (Chastain & Thurber, 1989 ). ...

• Word Count: 1051
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate