Investigates a cognitive model which proposes to account for performance in formation of a goal, selection of an information category, extraction of the information, integration of the information, and recycling until the goal of locating information in documents is met. Indicates that overall performance was facilitated by the model. (JK)

Focuses on human information processes and problem solving. Although a large body of knowledge is prerequisite to acquiring skill, the authors state that knowledge must be indexed by patterns that guide the person in a fraction of a second to relevant parts of the knowledge store. (Author/SA)

Discusses which of ten models in the Information Processing and Personal Sources families of teaching models were selected and used by competency based teacher education interns working in field center classrooms. Reports which models were employed at grade levels K-5 and how often each was used during an academic year. (SB)

Among the requirements of an intellectual skills training program are: (1) a culturally relevant theoretical basis; (2) training in information processing skills; (3) program responsiveness to students' needs and sensitivity to individual differences; (4) establishment of linkages between the training program and the real world; and (5) empirical…

A wide variety of techniques and classroom activities, contributed by teachers, for content-based instruction (CBI) in English as a second language (ESL) are presented. CBI is defined to include theme-based second language courses, sheltered content-area courses, and paired or adjunct arrangements in which language and content courses are taught…

Visual learning has long been recognized as an integral process in educating biology undergraduates, who must develop specific visual skills and knowledge in order to communicate and work in the extensive visual culture shared by practicing biologists. Student experiences with field observations and the development and application of verbal/visual…