Discusses criticisms relating to education for library and information work that are interpreted as centering on level of meaningfulness, relevance of content to working practice, and development of personal qualities in addition to academic abilities. Questions raised by Maurice Line in first issue of journal are considered. (22 references) (EJS)

The disadvantages of using an extrinsic award system to get children to learn mathematics are discussed. (DT)

This study was concerned with student transition from concrete to formal cognitive functioning. Results of training 32 fifth-grade and 32 seventh-grade students indicated that instruction can effect the desired transition of ability to isolate and control variables. (SL)

Two different types of "understanding" are defined and discussed: knowing both what to do and why, and knowing rules without reasons. Advantages and disadvantages of each type of understanding are presented. (DT)

Reports the results of studies of perception of very young infants. Sixty infants 6 to 23 days old were presented objects; looking-at and reaching-for the objects were measured. Results indicated active visual exploration of objects did occur; however, little motor activity was directed toward the objects. (SL)

Over 30 years of research confirms the foundational importance of early education and care for children's school and life success. As Pennsylvania seeks to emphasize its early learning programs, a standards-based approach to pre-kindergarten programs is vital. Children are born with an incredible capacity and desire to learn. It is critical that…

This paper outlines an initiative in mathematics education research that aims to augment qualitative methods of research into mathematical cognition and learning with quantitative methods of psychometrics and psychophysiology. Background and motivation are provided for this initiative, which is coming to be referred to as educational neuroscience.…

This chapter covers assessment issues in classrooms and offers a possible assessment program. The purpose is three-fold: (1) to examine ways of documenting students' understanding using a domain-based approach to assessment; (2) to present examples of assessment items related to this approach; and (3) to discuss difficulties that have arisen as…

This paper discusses what is wrong with the conventional model of teacher education that is stimulating calls for reform and questions whether there is a better way. The paper is organized into three sections. The first examines the relationship between conceptions of teaching and views about learning to teach. The second section identifies the…

This document describes the research project Modeling for Understanding in Science Education (MUSE) which focuses on the improvement of high school students' learning. MUSE research investigated how lower and high achieving students learned to reason, inquire, present, and critique scientific arguments in a genetics course taught during the spring…

This book explains how expanding knowledge in the scientific fields of human learning and educational measurement can form the foundations of an improved approach to assessment. These advances suggest ways that the targets of assessment what students know and how well they know it as well as the methods used to make inferences about student…

This "toolkit" ring binder is designed to help teachers develop their professional practice in higher education and to enhance their instruction and assessment. A smaller bound version of this second edition is designed to be used by individual lecturers as their personal copy; it contains fewer tasks and activities. The chapters are: (1)…

This study focused on the link between different forms of instruction and learning in Chicago, Illinois, elementary schools. It used teachers' survey reports about their instruction in the 1997-1997 school year and linked these reports with achievement gains. The study tested the common assumption that the nature of standardized assessments…

This paper treats the assessment of knowledge as a component in the functioning of the learning institution as well as in the education system as a whole. It attempts to interpret the effects that the examination and assessment of knowledge have on the pupil. These effects are not always unequivocal or positive. The key question posed addresses…

This paper explores how looking at the lived time of secondary school students in Singapore has generated questions for curricular theory and practice. In-depth interviews, three of which are described, show the intersection of temporality and lived experience. Students are aware of rational, clock time, but seem to understand that there is an…