Argues that saying that students have "thinking problems" is hardly a useful diagnostic statement or even a sensible description of flawed cognitive development. Maintains that what is needed to encourage students to think are some sensible models and attractive opportunities to do it in contexts that matter to them. (RS)

Offers suggestions for making students more aware of their own study styles and for helping them select appropriate strategies for various study tasks. (SR)

A good lesson plan has an introduction, body, opportunity for questions, and summary. These components are bound together with time cues, media cues, practice and provide-help paragraphs, instructor's notes, and transitions. Motivational principles guiding lesson plan development are relevance, conceptual framework, learning outcome, method,…

Guidelines are offered for speech-language pathologists who seek to evaluate and enhance idiom comprehension in language-disordered students. The long-term goal of the treatment approach is for the student to acquire a specific comprehension strategy for determining the meanings of unfamiliar idioms. (Author/JDD)

Discusses the need to reengineer performance development in light of new technologies, concepts, and tools. Topics addressed include current performance development strategies; new models; learning strategies versus training strategies; electronic performance support and software; and the role of the instructional developer. (LRW)

Discusses what a reading and study skills teacher learned from revisiting the classroom herself as a student, and how she used the experience in her teaching. (SR)

Advocates adding to the "KWL" instructional strategy chart a fourth column signifying children's affective responses, thus expanding the chart to "KWLA" as students assign their own relevance and personal value to their learning experiences. (SR)

After reading a brief summary of the transactional strategies approach and watching 2 videotapes of its implementation in the classroom, 30 elementary school teachers were asked about their perceptions of this educational strategy. Teachers' first impressions of the transactional strategies approach were positive, although they expressed a few…

The notes of 30 university students with learning disabilities (LD) and 30 nondisabled university students were compared on the number of cued and noncued information units recorded and the number and type of abbreviations used. Results showed that the LD students performed significantly lower on all variables. (Author/DB)

Learning how to learn encompasses knowledge about learning, knowledge about learning style, and skills of learning proficiency. Metacognitive techniques can be incorporated into adult education through independent learning projects, collaborative learning, and other approaches. (SK)

Reports the results of a study on students from Grade 4 to Year 10 (n=1853) where the larger number from pairs of decimals was chosen. Test results and interviews were used for data collection. Presents a detailed description of more than 10 ways in which students interpreted decimal numbers. Contains 11 references. (Author/ASK)

Survey of 25 British civil engineering firms revealed informal and unstructured learning systems, limiting designers' opportunity to gain feedback about their designs. A more systematic learning culture was recommended for project-based industries such as construction. (SK)

Explores the connection between sports and the Big6 information problem-solving process and how sports provides an ideal setting for learning and teaching about the Big6. Topics include information aspects of baseball, football, soccer, basketball, figure skating, track and field, and golf; and the Big6 process applied to sports. (LRW)

Case studies of 11 executive women were used to characterize them as compliant novices, competence seekers, or change agents. Each category had different learning tactics, negotiation strategies, and transition characteristics related to career development. Relationships were highly important throughout the women's careers. (SK)

Focus groups of 12 experienced nurses taking a course involving written reflection revealed the following: reflective writing skills need to be taught; the process leads to acceptance of writing as a learning strategy; and reflective writing helps practitioners develop analytical and critical abilities and facilitates personal and professional…