This discussion of the concept of knowledge reports findings about learning, particularly learning styles and strategies, and explores the potentials and limits of new technologies in the library. The library's role as a "convivial tool" which can enlarge the range of each person's competence is noted. Thirty-four references are…

Reviews some principles of learning, examines the relevance of these principles for social factors that influence learning about science, discusses the application of these points to science education, and suggests science policies that reflect an awareness of the influences of these social factors. (Author)

Explores the relationships between nutrition, stimulation, brain development, and learning. Consequences of malnutrition on learning include loss of learning time, interference with learning during critical periods of development, and motivation and personality changes. (Author/DB)

It is suggested that both similarity and analogy involve a process of structural alignment and mapping. The structure mapping process is described as it has been worked out for analogy, and this view is then extended to similarity and used to generate new predictions. (SLD)

Interprets the historical development of major curriculum theories in terms of their relation to creativity as a goal of organized learning. Also explores the development by discussing the organizing of learning for creativity from the viewpoints of different sociological paradigms. (SLD)

Reviewed research on the design of multimedia explanations. Findings show these effects of multimedia instructional design: (1) a multimedia effect; (2) a coherence effect; (3) a spatial contiguity effect; and (4) a personalization effect. Discusses each of these effects and shows how the same instructional design can be effective across different…

Comments on the papers of this theme issue, which are concerned with the impact of verbal and nonverbal representations in acquiring expertise in complex domains. Outlines lessons from first generation work in this field and issues for second generation research. (SLD)

Case study of relationship between group dynamics and type of learning in summer-session student cohorts at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Discusses factors that influenced learning, such as group climate and group norms. Identifies several types of learning, such as reflective learning and transformative learning. Draws implications for…

Explored the effect of different review opportunities on students' memory awareness and schematization. Findings for 88 college students in phase 1 and 140 in phase 2 show that students are more likely to shift from "remembering" to "learning" if they have the opportunity to review learning material regularly and in different…

Outlines the beginnings of a teaching theory based on student learning processes, focusing on the regulation dimension of teaching and learning and the effects teaching and learning have on each other. Discusses congruence and friction between these regulatory modes of control. Contains 74 references. (SLD)

Studied whether adding gestalt principles of similarity (using colors and shapes) and proximity would enhance recall of knowledge maps with 45 undergraduate students. Results suggest that the use of color, shape, and proximity facilitated learning by improving the organization of learning. (SLD)

Assessed the effects of postorganization activities on the acquisition of information presented in a knowledge-map format. Results from two experiments involving 145 college students suggest that postorganization activities that emphasize spatial encoding enhance the effectiveness of knowledge maps, especially with respect to superordinate…