Argues that methods of organizational communication and learning resemble neural networks and that developing teaching methods to reflect this understanding should be crucial. Provides an overview of neural organization, the application of neural networks to organizational structure, and education and training within organizations. Concludes that…

Studies show our emotional system is a complex, widely distributed, and error-prone system that defines our basic personality early in life and is quite resistant to change. This article describes our emotional system's major parts (the peptides that carry emotional information and the body and brain structures that activate and regulate emotions)…

Analyzed expressions of cognitive "acquisition" and social "participation" metaphors for learning in the practice of support people in an information and communication technology company department of 100 employees. Findings show the support people's practice is characterized by interplay between these two metaphors. (SLD)

Distills recent literature on learning and assessment in higher education to extract insights useful in theological education. The most useful insights appear to be those found in the K-12 literature and parallel professions. (SLD)

Developed an integrated view of learning from verbal and pictorial representations and analyzed the effects of different kinds of multiple external representations on the structure of mental models. Results from 60 college students indicate that the structure of graphics affects the structure of the mental model. (SLD)

Detailed the profiles and performance of three 11-year-olds as the basis for discussing the practical implications of inserting contexts of well-developed and less-developed individual interest into expository text and mathematical word problems. Discusses the importance of teacher support as students work with contexts of well-developed…

Considers examinations from the epistemological point of view. Questions whether the restricted claim to truth can be introduced into the examination. Offers the process of disputation as an alternative kind of examination which might resolve this problem. Warns that disputation, in its present form, is only a starting point for research. (KO)

Instructional strategies requiring transmediation, the process of translating meaning from one sign system (such as language) to another (such as pictures), are critical to enquiry-oriented classrooms because learners must invent a connection between the systems. This article, drawing on semiotic theory, explores how transmediation achieves its…

A rule-plus-exception model (RULEX) of classification learning is proposed. According to RULEX, people learn to classify objects by forming simple logical rules and remembering occasional exceptions to these rules. Because the learning process is stochastic, people will vary in the rules formed and exceptions stored. (SLD)

Evaluated whether different scores on Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test are measures of different memory domains. Factor analyses on data from 146 subjects produced 1, 2, or 3 factors depending on combination of scores in analysis and criteria used to determine number of factors. Basic factors were acquisition and retention. Subdividing retention…

Published studies of hypermedia as an educational technology that have emphasized quantitative and empirical assessment of outcomes were reviewed. The evidence to date suggests that hypermedia benefits in education are limited to learning tasks depending on repeated manipulation and searching of information. Implications for instruction and…

Starts from the premise that simultaneous study of design and learning together may throw light on epistemological and psychological issues in learning mathematics. Studies undergraduate science students who take mathematics classes and reveals a complex relationship between design and learning with implications for the design of instructional…

Follows up in more detail a previous interview-based study in which were outlined some features of a mathematicians' views and research practices on what interviewees had to say about the topic of intuition. Concludes that intuition, insight, or instinct was seen by most of the 70 mathematicians interviewed as a necessary component for developing…

Survey responses from 140 managers and interviews with 21 identified a positive learning climate as a precondition for the individual learning necessary for organizational learning. The provision of learning opportunities is hindered by time and budget constraints. Individuals' informal learning strategies have an impact on organizational learning…

Discusses tacit learning, the bringing together of mind and body by practice, and how to incorporate it into training. Includes descriptions of exercises that reveal tacit knowledge. (JOW)