Purpose: To describe student learning when physical education teacher and students attempted to develop movement capability. Methods: The study reports on the implementation of a 10-lesson pedagogical sequence. Data were generated using observations, interviews, and student diaries with one grade 9 class (26 students aged approximately 15 years)…

K-12 students are expected to acquire competence in data display as part of developing statistical literacy. To support research, assessment design, and instruction, we developed a hypothesized learning progression (LP) using existing empirical literature in the fields of mathematics and statistics education. The data display LP posits a…

In this paper we describe a "Train the Tutor" programme (TtT) for developing the metacognitive skills, facilitator skills, and tutor skills of students in a problem based learning (PBL) context. The purpose of the programme was to train 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate students in psychology to become effective PBL tutors for…

Social studies teachers face pressures from demands for greater emphasis in the areas of multicultural aspects of the world population, expansive technological changes, citizenship and moral education, and accountability for basic competence. The latter demand offers an opportunity to return to the broad perspective of teaching students not "what…

THE PROBLEM OF THIS RESEARCH WAS TO STUDY THE EXTENT TO WHICH STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO GENERALIZE WHAT THEY LEARN IN ONE LESSON SO THAT THEY ACTUALLY GAIN COMMAND OF ABILITIES NOT SPECIFICALLY TAUGHT UNTIL SOME LATER LESSON. THE AUTHOR EXAMINED CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH A MASTERY SCORE ON A PRETEST IN ARITHMETIC COULD BE CONSIDERED A TRANSFER INSTANCE.…

A basic principle of second language learning is the need to negotiate meaning in any language-learning situation. Once meaning is established, comprehension follows. Clusters of meaning result in schemata, which serve as the basis for sustained communication and ultimately, permanence of language learning. The comprehension approach to second…