Stresses the need for theories of teaching and learning mathematics. Argues that a study of how students react to new problem solving situations is a step in the right direction. (RS)

The purpose of this investigation is to discover what should be shown on the screen in case the learning material to be presented cannot be illustrated or demonstrated." (Author)

The article discusses the effects of environmental stimulation on behavior as a function of the type of behavior disorder, focusing on autistic children; anxious, withdrawn, or immature children; hyperactive children; aggressive children; and normal children. Behavioral and learning characteristics of these children, as well as treatment findings…

Discusses how learning strategies and study attitudes may imply a student's preoccupation with relatively extrinsic factors and short-term, limited valuing of information and ideas learned. It is suggested that these strategies and attitudes may be detrimentally linked with personal acceptance, valuing, and potential application of what is…

Uses the movie, "The Matrix," to evoke both metaphors for human existence and models for learning and teaching by examining two metaphors that have dominated notions of and approaches to education in the United States and arguing for seeking, crafting, and embracing metaphors that cast students as the principal creators of their education and…

Identifies and summarizes instructional messages in the articles in this theme issue and also identifies central theoretical issues, focusing on: (1) external representations; (2) dual coding theory; and (3) the effects of animations on learning. (SLD)

Provides teachers with information on the types of questions and questioning behaviors that can facilitate the learning process. Also describes the types of question that are ineffective. Teachers must be sure they have a clear purpose for their question, rather than just determining student knowledge. (SLD)

Reviews organizational learning and learning organizations literature, especially the work of Peter Senge. Discusses requirements to transform schools into learning organizations (learning schools). (Contains 22 references.) (PKP)

This introduction to the special issue shows how it brings together and integrates the most recent theoretical, empirical and practical developments in the field of interest and learning. (SLD)

Study of the personal, organizational, student-related factors influencing teacher commitment to student learning. Finds, for example, that among personal factors intrinsic rewards are more important than extrinsic rewards, that among organization factors collegiality is an important influence on commitment to student learning, and that among…

Evaluated counselor trainees (N=170) as to how much they learned by taking the Family Therapy Assessment Exercise pre- and post-training. Results indicated that conjugal family experience was positively related to performance and prior knowledge was negatively related. Found prior experience doing individual therapy was also positively related to…

Describes authentic education, seeing it as distinguished from curriculum intents in that it combines motives of learners and educational purposes into meaningful learning that enables the learner to deal with increasing amounts of the surrounding world. Asserts that process and content are not opposing dimensions but are two facets of the same…

Discusses how communication functions in the mathematics classroom and the consequences that result from those processes. Provides vignettes and examples of classroom communications. (ASK)

In three shape-constancy experiments, 4- and 7-year olds viewed a circular disc oriented at a slant. All subjects exaggerated circularity of the disc when they knew the object was a circle. Findings suggest that knowledge of reality contaminates judgments of appearance in circle task and this is the same bias that features in realist errors in…

Investigates magical mathematical moments in order to seek to understand what they are and how they happen, to look for examples, and to reflect on their impact on students' mathematics learning. Describes magical moments as they appear in references in the literature and characterizes those moments. Provides examples from classrooms. (Contains 27…