Considers the definition of learning as usefully applied to lower animals in instances of trained food-aversion behavior as a viable instance of associative learning. (SL)

Reports a study describing children's learning about controlling variables in an environment where student autonomy is maximized and teacher controlled instruction is minimized. (SL)

Discusses ways of recognizing gifted and talented students and describes an instructional model for use by teachers as they develop curriculum for gifted students. Social studies learning activities, derived from the model, involve students in radio journalism, problem solving, collecting and analyzing data, role playing, surveying community…

Without opportunities to acquire multiple forms of literacy, children will be handicapped in their ability to participate in the legacies of their culture. The forms in which thinking occurs should not be subjected to the status differences and inequities of society. (MLW)

Two experiments examined hyperactive children's tendency to underfocus their attention during learning. Taken together, the results of both experiments demonstrated the validity of the attentional diffusion hypothesis and indicate the need to assess the central processing demands associated with central and incidental learning in order to evaluate…

Recent meta-analyses and other studies of media's influence on learning are reviewed. Consistent evidence is found for the generalization that there are no learning benefits to be gained from employing any specific medium to deliver instruction. Problems and suggestions concerning current media attribute and symbol system theories are described.…

Reports on research which tested individuals (N=773) for their memory of Spanish learned in high school or college. Data suggest that knowledge is retained and can be accessed 25 to 50 years later, and that what happens during learning, not periodic practice after schooling ends, is critical for long-term memory. (JN)

A group of young and elderly females were tested on a paired-associate task. The results indicated that older individuals made more intrusion errors on the CVCs high in AV on the Glaze norms but low on the Archer norms. (Author)

Reports a study which took an experimental look at two psychological areas of inquiry which have a bearing upon adult learning: retention and transfer of learning. Two kinds of instruction were adapted for use with adults: programmed learning and guided discovery learning. (WL)

Reports research into the relationship between compressed motion pictures and the learning of psychomotor tasks. Concludes that an instructional sound film demonstrating a simple psychomotor task can be compressed to rates up to 33 1/3 percent for immediate measures and 50 percent for delayed measures without significantly affecting students'…

Provides a critique of Paul Hirst's views on the forms of knowledge and outlines an original scheme for describing and understanding the forms that knowledge takes. (Author)

The issue covered in this paper involves accountability, an issue that has been discussed almost entirely in terms of adequate instruments for measuring learning and teacher effectiveness, rather than in terms of philosophical assumptions. (JD)

A hierarchy for rational number addition was constructed using intraconcept analysis. A test to assess mastery at each of 45 levels was administered to 200 elementary students representing a wide range of achievement and ability levels. Implications of the results for development of optimal instructional sequences are discussed. (Author/DT)

This book synthesizes the implications of research done by the National Center for Research in Mathematical Sciences (NCRMS) by integrating two bodies of research: the study of teaching and the study of learning mathematics. This research was organized around content domains and/or continuing issues in education such as equity and assessment of…