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Postholm, May Britt – Educational Action Research, 2009
This article focuses on the theoretical frame of action research and the teacher as researcher, working through a Norwegian Research Council-funded project in a school that explored learning strategies for pupils' subject and social development. Action research is here called research and development (R&D) work as the term envisages that…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Action Research, Learning Strategies, Adult Education
Pressley, Michael; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research, 1989
The article addresses what is regarded as unjustifiably pessimistic characterizations of memory strategy instructional research, and argues that solid laboratory research on strategy use is needed though much memory instructional research with direct classroom applications to learning-disabled students has been completed. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Memory
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1986
This UNESCO newsletter contains six sections concerned with various aspects of population education. Section 1 deals with workshops for monitoring and evaluating population education programs. Section 2 evaluates the programs of six Asia-Pacific countries (China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Pakistan, Philippines, and Thailand).…
Descriptors: Community Education, Demography, Foreign Countries, Human Geography
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Rumelhart, David E.; Zipser, David – Cognitive Science, 1985
Reports results of studies with an unsupervised learning paradigm called competitive learning which is examined using computer simulation and formal analysis. When competitive learning is applied to parallel networks of neuron-like elements, many potentially useful learning tasks can be accomplished. (Author)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Processes, Computer Simulation, Input Output
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Deshler, Donald D. – Exceptionality, 1996
To illustrate the impact of research on the performance and quality of life of individuals with disabilities, this article highlights three research areas supported by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): (1) at-risk infant programs; (2) learning strategy interventions for adolescents with learning disabilities; and (3)…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Disabilities
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Streibel, Michael; And Others – Machine-Mediated Learning, 1987
Describes an advice-giving computer system being developed for genetics education called MENDEL that is based on research in learning, genetics problem solving, and expert systems. The value of MENDEL as a design tool and the tutorial function are stressed. Hypothesis testing, graphics, and experiential learning are also discussed. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation, Design
Educational Technology Center, Cambridge, MA. – 1988
The Educational Technology Center (ETC) has devoted the last five years to studying ways of using the computer and other information technologies to teach understanding in science, mathematics, and computing in the nation's elementary and secondary schools. The Center's research has focused on targets of difficulty, topics and concepts that are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education