Shows that 22 managers indicated a clear preference for obtaining information about popular management ideas through seminar attendance rather than through reading books. Identifies the semiotic code shaping this preference, charts its regularities and inconsistencies, and uncovers several ironies on how this code is used and understood. (SR)

One hundred Canadian undergraduates read a lengthy expository text, used one of five study strategies for 50 minutes, and completed recall and multiple-choice tests. Students using self-study, repetition, or unsupported elaborative interrogation had difficulty recognizing the passage's main ideas. Elaborative interrogation's effectiveness was…

The learning sequence (TLS) is an adaptable, dynamic framework for designing any learning experience. TLS consists of seven steps (sense of each other, sense of place, group norms, relevance, the experience itself, reflection, transfer) that provide a foundation, a reference point to return to when an unexpected situation arises, and a common…

Outlines a developmental model of critical thinking that is derived from contemporary research on directions and processes of intellectual development in children and adolescents. Identifies metacognitive, metastrategic, and epistemological forms of second-order cognition that enter into critical thinking. (Author/SLD)

Describes the origins, developments, and trends of andragogy, the theory of adult education. Focuses on highly developed adult education all over the world, specifically Russia. Discusses the concept of adult education as a service to its educational consumers. (VWC)

Considers various aspects of teaching and learning stemming from the integration of graphing calculator use in a semester-long college algebra course. Argues that technology use has had a positive impact on various dimensions of student learning. (Author/CCM)

Introduces intentional learning theory and learning orientations, describes higher-order psychological attributes and learner-difference variables for successful learning, offers explanations for fundamental learning differences, and suggests strategies for matching and accommodating learning needs for audiences profiled by learning orientation.…

Represents a college professor's view of children doing math after seven consecutive years of working with approximately 150 children solving word problems. (ASK)

"Give an example" tasks invite students to consider mathematical concepts in relation to their properties according to the data collected by interviews and a questionnaire asking students' strategies for generating the example. Examines how these tasks contribute to the construction of links which in turn lead to construction of more webbed and…

Follows 168 Greek students ages 13-14 involved in a new sociocultural situation--a specially-designed introductory chemistry sequence. Results show that conceptual development occurred during the sequence. (Author/CCM)

Presents a plenary presentation from the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) which calls for properly designed, controlled trials and systematic reviews of the effects of teaching and learning methods in order to make informed decisions about teaching practices. (Author/CCM)

Adresses how doctors know when they have learned enough to cease reading, or talking with colleagues, or using medicine and begin using what they have learned to solve the precipitating problem. (Author/CCM)

Aimed to establish a basis for identifying optimal vocabulary recording procedures by finding out what learners currently do to remember vocabulary learned. Questionnaires, interviews, and examination of student records were carried out. Some learners reported making interesting lists of various types, which differed according to the linguistic…

Discussion of computer-based online help systems for instructional software focuses on three types of learner support: for optimizing use of a computer program; for learning content; and for monitoring and enhancing learning. Proposes a multi-dimensional model of learner-support space defined by the intrusiveness of the delivery methods and…

Discusses issues regarding problem solving environments via problem posing. Recognizes the importance of the teacher's questions; language characteristics of problems; problem structure and feature; solution structure; teacher's questions used before, during, or after solving a problem; and introducing problem-posing questions in mathematics…