University students were given paragraphs containing facts about particular Canadian universities. Students were randomly assigned to an imagery instruction group or a control group. Students in the transformational imagery condition were instructed to learn the facts by imagining the fact occurring in the school s geographic location . The control group received no training. Students who were given the imagery instruction recalled considerably more of the facts for each school than control students.
Children think like adults.
Boys do better in math beginning in elementary school. Calling on primary school students at random leads to better attention and thus better learning than calling on them in a round-robin format. When students are repeatedly out of their seats without permission, the teacher should remind them to remain in their seats each time they get up. Praise is usually an effective reinforcer for adolescents. Most students can discover effective learning strategies on their own.