Argues that the most widely used accounts of children's artistic development are not only inadequate and incomplete but that they seriously misinform, obscuring more than they reveal about children's drawings. (Author/SJL)

Discusses (1) neobehaviorist theory and analysis of response probability, (2) discrete models of qualitative changes in knowledge and stages of processing, and (3) programmed simulations of the detailed structure of knowledge and cognitive processes. Comments on the prospects for developing significant new understandings of learning during the…

Knowledge integration is the incorporation of related facts into comprehensive memory structures. This article examines the research on knowledge integration, particularly in relation to text comprehension. The paper contrasts knowledge integration theories as well as factors affecting the probability of integrating information from text.…

Reviews research and theories in the area of motivation, and develops a model for a systematic approach to designing motivating instruction. (Author/JEG)

A review of the article by Robert Calfee and Priscilla Drum, "Learning to Read: Theory, Research, and Practice," in issue three of the eighth volume of this journal, discusses ideas that have particular value for the classroom teacher and the reading specialist. (Author/MLF)

Explores the thinking of Gregory Bateson, with the aim of identifying his contribution to a much needed theory for humanistic psychology. (Author/RK)

Discusses the effective use of instructional technology and examines the use of instructional technology within the framework of anthropologist Gregory Bateson's theory of learning, which views learning as a function of expectation and engagement of the student within the context of the learning experience. (Author/LRW)

Distinguishes between organizational learning, which deals with learning processes in organizations, and the concept of learning organizations, which has a prescriptive and practical focus. Outlines a theoretical framework that links the two streams. Contains 55 references. (SK)

Gives an overview of the development of service learning and places it in the context of nursing education. Describes essential elements: institutional support, faculty interest, community partners, student motivation, orientation, evaluation, and reflection. (Contains 18 references.) (SK)

Interviews with 20 people involved in Wiccan communities of practice revealed a trajectory of participation from the periphery to the center of the group, experiential learning that combines formal and intuitive knowledge, and a process of identity development in becoming a witch. To an extent, the community's marginality shaped learning and…

Discusses electronic learning via the Internet, suggests that simply presenting information to learners may not be the best way for learning to occur, and proposes a social constructivist approach based on Vygotskian theories of learning and situated cognition. Highlights include constructivist learning; constructivist models; and an example of…

Presents a theory of inductive learning--Autonomous Induction Theory--a form of induction that takes place within the autonomous and modular representational systems of the language faculty. Argues that Autonomous Induction Theory is constrained enough to be taken seriously as a plausible approach to explaining second language acquisition.…

Research literature is examined for evidence suggesting that, in complex meaningful learning, the learner passes through a series of stages or phases during which the learning process and the variables influencing it change systematically. Phase theories are reviewed; the initial, intermediate, and terminal phases of learning are discussed. (TJH)

The assumption that learning is the internalization of externally available knowledge is criticized as undermining the creative and multisource nature of learning. Learning is defined as the creative reconceptualization of internal knowledge. Two sources of internal self-regulation are proposed: one regulating the sequential and one coordinating…

Social Cognitive Theory describes an ongoing dynamic interaction of individual, environment, and behavior as well as five basic capabilities of individuals: symbolizing, forethought, vicarious, self-regulatory, and self-reflective. These capabilities are considered as they affect human thought and action. Implications of these theories for…