THIS STUDY CONSISTED OF A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS DESIGNED TO YIELD DATA ON THE PARAMETERS OF LEARNING IN THESE SITUATIONS--(1) THE QUANTITY OF MATERIAL TO BE LEARNED WAS GREATER THAN USUAL, AND (2) THE SCHEDULING OF LEARNING, REVIEW TRIALS, AND THE AMOUNTS OF MATERIAL PRESENTED WERE VARIED WITHIN A DESIGN JUDGED TO APPROACH OPTIMAL SCHEDULING IN…

While describing the steps he went through in building a replica of an early cannon, the author expounds his belief that a student given freedom and trust can pursue a course of learning relevant to himself, while the teacher assumes the role of facilitator and consultant. (MF)

"Learning experience" is defined as the interaction between the learner and external conditions in the environment to which he can react. Types and sources of learning experiences are identified, and their importance in teaching and curriculum development are discussed. (LBH)

Author calls for a radical reappraisal of the nursery school curriculum. (Editor/RK)

This article is simply a philosophical exploration of, and a highly speculative journey into, the world of education and how we learn. (Editor)

An elementary school teacher in New Zealand describes the fruits of a nondirective learning environment in his classroom. (BB)

Author examines learning experiences conducive to the development of critical thinking processes. (Editor)

This project draws on a large body of seminal research showing that the approaches students take to learning, and the subsequent quality of their learning, is closely related to their perceptions of their learning experience. Recent research has demonstrated these findings also hold for non-standard modes of delivery such as distance education…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of engaging students in Kolb's experiential learning cycle on facilitating students' simulation game performance and knowledge application skills in learning with a business simulation game. A sample was drawn from a population of business-major undergraduate students at the School of…

Educative style refers to the way individuals differ in their initiation, search for, absorption, synthesis, and critical appraisal of educative influences in their evnironment. (HMD)

LEARNING THEORIES, METHODOLOGIES, AND PROCESSES ARE DISCUSSED, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS TO SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION MARKED. EARLY DISCUSSIONS CENTERED ON WHETHER LEARNING RESULTED FROM SPECIFIC RESPONSES TO SPECIFIC STIMULI OR GENERALIZED RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. TODAY, MOST THEORIZING HAS CONCENTRATED ON SPECIFIC TYPES OF LEARNING,…

The viewpoint is advanced that induction is a determing factor in the way knowledge is acquired and that in the acquisition of a language and the development of knowledge this process plays a crucial role. (JD)

Two issues central to the production of cognitive conflict in the computer environment are discussed. The first one focuses on the use of simulations versus real-world experiences, and the second is directed at the potential for incidental and spontaneous learning versus controlled learning with the computer. (CT)

Presidential Address, NCTE Convention, Minneapolis, November 23, 1972. (MM)

Argues that the disengagement of the school from social reality on one hand, and from the objectives and needs of the pupil on the other, are factors strongly preventing the forming of positive learning attitudes and thus essentially weakening the psychological conditions for life-long education. (RB)