Describes elements of the Self-Directed Learning Process Model (control over learning, learner-teacher interaction, influencing factors). Discusses how reflection on learning processes can transform the way learners think about learning and make them responsible for their own development. (SK)

Examines how the classic organizational model, especially the business entity, has been evolving from the hierarchical pyramid to one that is flatter, more networked, and less rigid. Considers the resulting changes in the role of training, including learning processes, teamwork, and increased diversity. (Author/LRW)

Discusses the need for adequate planning in instructional design and describes the Bulletproof Model for the Design of Blended Learning, a model to guide instructional design for blended learning that combines elements of electronic learning with traditional instruction. Assumes that a performance analysis indicated the need for training. (LRW)

There are three ways to learn: guided learning, experiential learning, and action learning. They differ in many respects from each other and may produce different kinds of representations. They may be compared to ways of undertaking a journey: traveling, trekking, and exploring. (Author/JOW)

Scores of 118 of 341 participants in a leadership development program on measures of critical thinking and adaptive flexibility were used to revise a model of critical thinking and reflective judgment in leaders. Two paths were identified: (1) confirmatory relearning corroborating an existing model of meaning and (2) developmental learning…

Depicts the Learning Square as a model of organizational learning processes with the following elements: multidimensional goals, shared vision, continual learning, and tacit knowledge. A case study illustrates its use in the development of information systems. (Contains 31 references.) (SK)

The purpose of this article is to describe the basic paradigm of the epistemological belief system and to offer new ideas about the conception and study of personal epistemology, namely an embedded systemic model and coordinated teams approach to research. The epistemological belief system approach to personal epistemology is distinguished from…

This paper explores Alan Bishop's assumption that all formal mathematics education produces cultural conflicts between the children's everyday culture and the culture of mathematics. Existing empirical studies support the assumption that mathematics learning indeed has some intercultural aspects which can be differentiated in language factors,…

Three mechanisms can explain second-order conditioning: (1) The second-order conditioned stimulus (CS2) could activate a representation of the first-order conditioned stimulus (CS1), thereby provoking the conditioned response (CR); The CS2 could enter into an excitatory association with either (2) the representation governing the CR, or (3) with a…

This article describes five representations and the connections between and among them. It also describes how to use multiple representations to support students' mathematical understanding.

When examined across studies and fields, navigation research is fragmented and inconsistent. In this article, we argue that this is the result of navigation research having generally been conducted without guidance from an overarching theoretical framework. In order to illustrate our position, we have included results from a very simple…

This paper describes a method for analysing the learning processes that take place in a computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environment. The approach is based on tracking the interactions between learners and tutors. Keeping track of meaningful events serves three main purposes: evaluation of the quality of the process, monitoring…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to suggest a conceptual model of formal mentoring as a leadership development initiative including "learning goal orientation", "mentoring functions", and "leadership competencies" as key constructs of the model. Design/methodology/approach: Some empirical studies, though there are not many, will provide…

CAD (Computer Aided Design) has now become an integral part of Technology Education. The recent introduction of highly sophisticated, low-cost CAD software and CAM hardware capable of running on desktop computers has accelerated this trend. There is now quite widespread introduction of solid modeling CAD software into secondary schools but how…

This paper introduces various visual models for the analysis and description of learning processes. The models analyse learning on two levels: the dynamic level (as a process over time) and the functional level. Two types of model for dynamic modelling are proposed: the session trace, which documents a specific learner in a particular learning…