Presents information on the bone wars of the frontier West, the smartest dinosaur, current topics in paleontology research, and how to bring a study of fossils to life with hands-on activities. (DDR)

Class emphasis on learning goals and incentive structures and their relationship to students' use of learning strategies were studied with 1,037 students in 54 college classes who rated the importance of goals and incentive structures. Findings suggest that goals and incentives affect strategy use. (SLD)

Presents the results of an exploratory study that sought to identify the language learning strategies of learners of Japanese at the tertiary level. The study also sought to identify the most- and least-favored strategies of a variety of ethnic groups and to investigate the relationship between ethnicity and language learning strategy preferences.…

Presents new proofs of the Pythagorean theorem while exploring examination questions. Briefly reviews the work of Elisha Scott Loomis, a mathematician who amassed 320 different proofs of the theorem. (DDR)

Outlines procedures for developing a poster to report scientific findings. Provides details on preparation, organization, sequence, text and type, and explanation. Contains 23 references. (DDR)

Describes the developmental studies learning program at Georgia State University (GSU), focusing on two services: supplemental instruction, or extra tests and study groups directly related to course content, and adjunct course offerings, or learning-strategies instruction related to courses. Provides 10 steps for expanding the role of academic…

Focuses on two aspects of literacy related to science performance: interpretations of science task cards depicting a series of activities and written language samples summarizing science tasks. Results highlight difficulties that students experience in developing and expressing their understandings of science activities. Illustrates the need to…

This paper locates computational and behavioral studies of children's language learning in a theoretical framework; reviews four articles in this journal issue on learning word meanings and sounds and on setting grammatical parameters; highlights "autonomous bootstrapping" strategies that children use to represent uncertain linguistic…

Presents a qualitative case study of the Technology Enhanced Secondary Science Instruction (TESSI) model. Reports that its implementation resulted in significant changes in the educational beliefs and the teaching and learning practices of those involved. Illustrates these changes through reflections by the teachers, students, administrators, and…

Combined fading with the introduction of prompts designed to encourage learners to identify the underlying principle illustrated in each worked-out solution step. Across 2 experiments, this combination produced medium to large effects on near and far transfer without requiring additional time on task. Thus, the instructional procedure is highly…

Reviews empirical research on vocabulary learning strategies in a second/foreign language. A tetrahedral model of person, task, context, and strategies is first proposed to foreground the review. Next, empirical research along task, person, and contextual dimensions is reviewed. Specifically, the review focuses on task-dependent guessing…

Evaluated an experimental program in which students were taught to design models as a tool in the learning of percentages and compared results with outcomes from a control group in which teachers directly provided models. Results for 121 fifth graders in The Netherlands show significantly better performance in experimental condition than in the…

Investigates the heart of the experience of mathematical engagement and the meaning derived from such activities. Analyzes dialogue between five people, two of whom are professional mathematicians, another two who are graduate students in either engineering or education, and one who lacks advanced mathematical training but maintains a positive…

Presents responses to a problem that appeared in the April, 1999 issue of this journal. The problem involves finding kite heights compared to each other. (KHR)

Examined the relationships between academic self-concepts, learner self-concept, and approaches to learning in a sample of 580 Australian elementary school students in grades 6 and 7. Found week negative correlations between learner self-concepts and surface approaches to learning. Found that deep approaches for both boys and girls showed the…