This book describes and illustrates learning paths for the mathematical concepts and skills of each grade 8 Focal Point as presented in Curriculum Focal Points for Prekindergarten through Grade 8 Mathematics. It includes representational supports for teaching and learning that can facilitate understanding, stimulate productive discussions about…

In this paper we describe an instructional tactic of individually assigned homework that promotes and strengthens individual learning processes. We claim that current emphasis on the benefits of collaborative learning belittles the importance of individual learning processes and reduces the opportunities to require and assess individual learning…

This article focuses on multiple truths pertaining to doctoral education as expressed by three Latina doctoral recipients. These scholars successfully navigated various educational processes with the support of one another, their families, faculty, and their chosen discipline. The authors, as sister scholars, retell their educational journeys…

The author defines structuralism (a method for modeling and analyzing event systems in a space-time framework), traces its origins to the work of J. Piaget and M. Fourcault, and discusses its implications for learning. (CL)

Explores what a return to a more theory-based scientific approach to education might mean for the study and practice of educational technology. Topics include science, technology, and constructivism; knowledge construction; how to deal with complexity; and roles of educational technology, including creating virtual learning environments and…

Emphasizes the role of intuition in the learning process where rational knowing alone does not suffice. Connects practical, didactic examples applied in a university course in psychology to some epistemological suppositions of different aspects of intuition. (EV)

Describes the development of a task-based framework for providing learning within the workplace using networked multimedia. Builds on the recognition that tasks must reflect the social process of learning as considered by Vygotsky and takes into account the role of dialogue in the building of knowledge for an individual and for a group.…

Describes the nature and characteristics of experiential learning processes. Reflects on the dramatic changes required in the curriculum if teachers were to draw on life and work experience in designing learning activities. (SK)

Describes an empirical study based on a phenomenographic perspective that examined college students' understanding in relation to their thinking about concepts. Examines the relation between words used and their meaning in the process of understanding and learning. Results of qualitative interviews and contextual analysis are discussed.…

Discusses how universities can close the gap between the rate of change via technology and the rate of learning in a distance learning environment and describes knowledge management tools that deliver distance learning and can close the gap. Highlights include instructional design plans; paradigm shifts in methodology and collaborative strategies;…

Discusses learning within the context of communities of practice, analyzes Internet-based communities to discover why some online communities thrive and why members are motivated to participate in them, distinguishes quasi-communities from communities, and suggests future directions. (LRW)

Drawing on the organizational learning literature, reorders Senge's (1990) five capacities to show how individual learning can normally be developed into collective learning. Identifies the important roles played by the external environment and internal organizational conditions, which may facilitate or deter the process. (EV)

Discusses the need for a clear understanding of electronic networks for the effective use of online and Internet resources; describes some of the obstacles to effective learning inherent in these systems and in the conceptual tools users bring to their understanding; and considers metaphorical explanations and possible applications to Internet…

Compared to our ancestors, we live in an era of unprecedented change. This change brings with it opportunities both for success and for disaster. If individuals, organisations and nations are to court success and avoid disaster, it is imperative that we identify useful mechanisms that will enable us to amplify the possibility of one while…

It is not an easy task to describe how an organization affects educational processes or events. First, the organization is a blend of multiple countries and changes dynamically; second, a segment of educational processes like the reforms of educational media are changing permanently as well. The changes are induced by institutional, legal,…