Describes a study of 107 sixth graders that investigated the effects of learning strategy training intervention and the incorporation of learner control on achievement, learning efficiency, and instructional choice while subjects learned from a computer-based science tutorial. Principles for instructional design incorporating learner control are…

Suggests that while doubting that the dichotomy introduced by Subbotsky can cover the entire domain of motivation, he should applaud the emphasis on the neglected but critical importance of motivation in developmental psychology, and the attempt to distinguish different types of motivation, even as contributors to a single behavior. (AA)

Describes an undergraduate introductory theology course featuring exercises based on techniques used in clinical pastoral education, including a case study of a depressed man addressing issues of faith. The process integrates experience-based, dialogic, personal, and holistic learning. Pedagogic and practical issues associated with this approach…

Describes a case study of a graduate class that investigated how students learn and collaborate in a Web-based course designed according to the current social-constructivist conception of learning. Discusses independent and collaborative activities; how student learn to use technology; communication; student preferences; learner differences;…

Discusses the concept of taxonomy in learning. Highlights include cognitive domain, affective domain, and psycho-motor domain; behaviorism and constructivism; scaffolding; other classification formats, including rubrics and matrices; learning taxonomy applied to information literacy and to library media specialist as teacher; and the taxonomy for…

Discusses Arthur Chickering's Seven Vectors of College Student Development in relation to the author's own growth as a freshman college student and to that of the first-year students she worked with as a developmental educator. Explains that Chickering's theory encompasses the intellectual, physical, and social growth of the student. (Contains 40…

Considers the impact of the Internet and online courses on learning and teaching. Topics include cost-benefit issues; learning styles; teaching styles; satisfying student needs; continuous evaluation for quality assurance; technological issues; active learning and collaborative learning; interactivity; and online course content. (LRW)

Three experimental studies investigated psychological processes underlying the effects of achievement in one domain and on self-perceived competence in another. In Study 1, high achievement in one domain led to lower self-perceived competence in the other. Study 2 showed inverse effects on self-perceived competence based on achievement feedback.…

A university-school model science lab helps middle school teachers learn to use constructivism in the classroom by supporting their own knowledge construction. Elements of the educational environment are motive, time, reflection, community, and practice. Effective components for knowledge construction include authentic need, mistakes, cooperation,…

Discusses the use of multimedia to facilitate learning processes; reviews research that addresses specific effects of media; and describes studies of high school students that tested the influence of video, photography, and individualized testing on acceptance and recall of information provided by a multimedia encyclopedia about professions and…

The top-down, heavy-handed "Tougher Standards" movement has taken over many schools, with full support of business groups, politicians, and many journalists. Primary opponents are classroom teachers and parents. Raising standards translates into higher scores on poorly designed tests. Best teaching builds on actively learning students. (MLH)

Describes an introductory undergraduate astronomy course in which the large-lecture format was moved to one in which students were immersed in a technologically-rich, inquiry-based, participatory learning environment. Finds that virtual reality can be used effectively in regular undergraduate university courses as a tool through which students can…

Shows how, among the cultures of the indigenous peoples of tropical South America, the human body offers a language and mechanism central to the process of production, elaboration, and transmission, of knowledge, skills, and emotions. Discusses recent anthropological debates and describes a new discipline known as "anthropology of the…

Contends that Westerners are accustomed to learning about the world through our senses of sight and hearing, and that "lower" senses--smell, taste, and touch--tend to be associated with "savagery" or sensualism. Provides a cross-cultural look at the Colombian Desana people who acquire knowledge through full-bodied experience…

Discusses the amount of money being spent to buy computers for classrooms and emphasizes the need for more money to be spent on teacher training to successfully integrate computers into the curriculum. Reviews state surveys on technology plans and teacher training and considers the effects of staff development on student achievement. (LRW)