This article addresses the potential and the challenges of scaffolded instruction within the context of an exploratory study of the implementation of mediated collaborative problem solving. Implementation of the model for self-regulation with students experiencing reading difficulties is described, with suggestions for making scaffolded…

Examines the development of the schema, or cognitive structure, theory of reading comprehension. Advances a model for improving listening comprehension within the classroom through a teacher-facilitated approach which leads students to selecting and utilizing existing schema within a whole-language environment. (MDM)

Presents a model for utilizing undergraduate teaching assistants in the basic communication course. Discusses the rationale for using undergraduates, responsibilities of the teaching assistant, and reasons students select a teaching assistantship. Considers selection, training, evaluation, and advantages and disadvantages for the students,…

Education guru Madeline Hunter crusades against the intuitive, spontaneous, improvisational approach to teaching and spreads her model of teaching as an applied science in which education is based on proven research findings that link cause and effect. The article details her beliefs and reactions by supporters and critics. (SM)

This introduction to four papers, which discuss cognitive strategy research with secondary students who have learning disabilities, outlines Edwin Ellis's Integrated Strategy Instruction model for helping students learn content in a strategic manner, identifies model aspects requiring revision, and notes the model's theoretical underpinnings and…

This paper comments on the Integrative Strategy Instruction Model, the Strategies Intervention Model, the Content Enhancement Model, and Process-Based Instruction, concluding that such integrative models are appealing because they draw teachers of students with learning disabilities away from strategy training in nonauthentic settings and from…

This response to Gersten and Dimino (EC 606 357) proposes that difficulties with both whole language and direct instruction of students with learning disabilities can be avoided with a model of instruction based on research in cognition and metacognition. Three techniques are discussed, including situated cognition, cognitive strategy instruction,…

The article offers a nine-step model for developing, implementing, and monitoring educational plans for exceptional students with limited English proficiency. Regular and special educators are encouraged to target the students, summarize student data, maintain rapport, share student information, and jointly plan an instructional intervention.…

Describes a model for teaching environmental education that includes progressive stages involving receptivity to learning, recognition of environmental ethics, and response to environmental issues through informed personal decisions. Discusses the importance of learner reflection and the moral dilemmas involved in teaching environmental education.…

Analyzes the change process which has taken place at Thames Valley University, England in learning and teaching strategies. Identifies constructivist approaches to learning as particularly influential in the development of distance education and supporting quality frameworks. (Author/AEF)

This article reviews eight experimental studies on the effectiveness of cooperative learning as an instructional model for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (E/BD). The studies' methodological strengths and weaknesses are noted. The paper concludes that the effectiveness of cooperative learning for improving the academic achievement…

Provides an introduction to the Serious-Fun model. Describes how it can be applied to social studies at the middle school level. Addresses some barriers that could undermine the model's application and ways for making social studies more interesting and relevant to students. Lists different activities according to Bloom's taxonomy. (CMK)

Argues that knowledge of social aspects of science are important and relevant for science education for citizenship. Presents a teaching model for engaging students in thoughtful decision-making on controversial socio-scientific issues. (Contains 48 references.) (Author/WRM)

Addresses the concept of a learning community and the kind of context that teaching and learning require. Advocates an educational experience in which teacher and students are focused on a great thing and in which students are prompted by fundamental questions. Focuses on the importance of creating space for students. (RJM)

This qualitative study explored issues and outcomes associated with implementing "Playtime Is Science for Students with Disabilities," a curriculum and materials that were modified for students with visual impairments. It found several student-related outcomes (such as persistence and positive peer-related skills) and identified themes (such as…