This paper discusses the nature of cognitive research and its implications for learning and teaching science. In addition to needing adequate financial support, active involvement of scientists and educators, and education of teachers, two other factors should loom large in the development of new instructional materials in science and in the…

Based on a newly developed holistic theory of knowledge and learning, this paper critically evaluates several contemporary theories of adult learning. Most of existing adult learning theories tend to narrowly define knowledge and learning and fail to offer adequate explanation for adult learning. Implications for HRD theory, research, and practice…

The mathematics teacher has a major responsibility in assisting pupils to learn in ongoing lessons and units of study. This paper discusses ways of motivating students in the mathematics classroom from the perspectives of different learning theories such as behaviorism, humanism, cognitive psychology, and constructivism. Guidelines for teaching…

The study was designed to allow the investigation of the following research questions: (1) What are the magnitude and direction of measurable significant differences in meaningful learning orientation and meaningful understanding of physics concepts between students with learning cycle (LC) instruction and those with meaningful verbal reception…

Five steps in directive teaching are delineated: a) select target children; b) identify target behaviors; c) identify reinforcing events; d) establish plan, including instructional goals, reinforcement, and reward schedule; and e) implement and evaluate. (HMD)

The results of a study designed to assess the function of feedback and instruction on experimental groups show that all experimental conditions increased counselor trainees' empathic responses significantly. (Author/RP)

Discusses the work of L.S. Vygotsky, expressed in "Thought and Language," concerning the effect of language learning on the intellectual development of the child above and beyond his spontaneous development. (RL)

This article discusses several principles derived from learning theory which aid in understanding the use and abuse of drugs and illustrates their role in behavioral group counseling, a promising new strategy for drug abuse prevention. (JC)

Using a developmental model, this article uses a hierarchy to describe the developmental reinforcement process as it occurs in a child's life and discuss some educational consequences of a deficit in this development. (Author)

Piaget's constructs of concrete-operational and formal-operational stages are illustrated by quoting comments from Piaget and Inhelder (1958), summarizing the kinds of reasoning to be expected at each substage, and relating this reasoning to specific mathematical items. (DT)

Information integration theory is a unified general theory that covers several areas of psychology from psychophysics to clinical judgment. It rests on a mathematical basis that has had considerable success in some precise and demanding tests. (Author)

Critical evaluation of Schlesinger's theory of language acquisition as expounded in Production of Utterances and Language Acquisition'' in The Ontogenesis of Grammar'', p63-101, New York: Academic Press, 1971. (RS)

Issues relevant to teaching social studies are examined from a historical perspective. A curriculum plan, based on key generalizations from the social sciences, geography, and history is described. Emphasis is placed on development of intellectual skills, active involvement of the child through direct experiences, and the teaching of values. (SM)

This article presents information on how classroom processes (teaching techniques) are related to learning theory. The eight points presented have been gleaned from educational psychology sources and represent points which learning theorists agree alter the learning process. (JC)

Author served as a reactor to Professor Moore's presentation The Responsive Environment Approach'' at the Symposium of the Day Care Council of New York in April 1969. While preparing for this task she became fascinated with the formulations underlying the Talking Typewriter. (Editor)