This study was designed to examine the effectiveness of social reinforcement as a function of familiarity with the adult agent administering reinforcers. (GO)

Basic assumptions were laid out for developing a humanizing curriculum and competencies needed by those who are in decision-making positions to insure the selection and/or development of such humanizing curricula were identified. (Author/RK)

This study was designed to investigate response-class phenomena and the possibility of indirect contingency control. A 3 1/2-year-old male was the subject for the study. (BD)

Cites efforts to relate macro-level research (studies examining science achievement as related to the economic development of a nation), intermediate-level research (e.g., achievement as related to institutional variables), and micro-level research (cognitive development, etc.) to determine a science of teaching science. (CP)

The history of how the 1947 conference devoted to the theme of curriculum theory formulation came about is discussed in this article. (MLF)

Varying approaches to mathematics were raised in a Philosophy of Mathematics course. Students were asked which foundational schools they preferred and these preferences were compared with scores on hemispheric tests. The results indicate that preferences may be related to the brain's hemispheres. (MNS)

The explosion of new knowledge and increased specialization have heightened the nurse's need for continuing education. The concepts of motivation, obsolescence, competence, and lifelong learning are inherent in the continuing education process. These concepts and the theories of learning and change are presented and related to nursing practice.…

In the theory of learning, the psychological approach is predominant whereas the logic of cognitive learning has fallen into oblivion. Referring to these two approaches, the author specifies basic differentiations of the concept of learning and defines the main stages in the process of learning. (Author/BSR)

The ideas of Kuhn and Lakatos are used to study four issues in mathematics education related to values, units of analysis, theory of mind, and nature of mathematical entities. The goal is to determine whether differences between the assumptions are best understood in Kuhnian or Lakatosian terms. (MNS)

It is proposed that a relational perspective on college teaching and learning provides more insight than paradigms that reduce the complex relations between students, subject content, and teaching to characteristics of instruction and students. The relational perspective links the improvement of the professional practice of teaching to research on…

Reviews the principles of the behavioral model of learning and discusses the need to incorporate these principles in the development of educational software programs. Criteria for evaluating software programs based on their inclusion of behavioral principles are provided, and the evaluations of six available programs based on these criteria are…

Provides an overview of techniques an instructional designer can use to examine printed subject matter materials when conceptualizing unfamiliar content. Highlights include a discussion of conceptualizing versus learning, interactions between designers and subject experts, and interacting with print materials based on content area reading…

Re-examines the function of second language acquisition and learning by redefining the terms "acquisition" and "learning" in the context of the classroom. This redefinition, known as the binding/access framework, has several advantages for instruction: it incorporates both lexical and grammatical acquisition, it clarifies the…

Summarizes, from a teacher's viewpoint, the benefits of cooperative learning, including increased achievement and improvement of students' attitudes toward school, learning, and each other. Outlines five simple steps for teaching cooperation skills, describes two successful group activities, and shares student reactions to these exercises.…

Discusses histories of three current issues in the psychology and pedagogy of mathematical thinking: (1) the notion of a "prescriptive method"; (2) "associationism" as an explanation for learning; and (3) Gestaltism. Reviews theoretical perspectives that emerged starting in the mid-twentieth century, including behaviorism,…