Presents an assignment which utilizes alternative ways to absorb new information: using a small section of the material to be learned, students illustrate on a poster board what they think it means and teach each other when they present their posters to the class. (RAE)

Three experiments investigated development of mechanisms of selective attention in 60 second graders. Results demonstrated that the ability to process automatically irrelevant stimuli and the habituation mechanisms of attention are observable by grade two, but the inhibitory mechanism was not always evident at this stage. (RJC)

Discusses the current information processing conceptualization of memory, the process of learning by analogy, and the overall desired outcomes of their use to acquire and retain new information. Instructional implications of how to use analogies are discussed, and a set of prescriptive guidelines for using them is presented. (69 references)…

A particular view of literacy is proposed, as comprising three intermeshing dimensions: the operational, the cultural, and the critical. The significance of the school subjects as specific contexts for learning and meaning is discussed. A case is made for a strategic emphasis on writing in school learning. (Author/MLW)

Assessment is an essential, ongoing instructional component that guides the learning process. Ongoing assessment uses exhibitions, student explanations of concepts, the writing of a poem or song, or other thought-demanding performances to evaluate and reflect on students' work. This article uses a high school literature and justice unit to…

Two closely related concepts are explored, with a selective review of research since publication of "The Learner-Centered Curriculum" in 1988. Practical ideas are presented for experimenting with learner-centeredness in foreign language teaching, including examples of specific strategies such as scanning and brainstorming. (Contains 20…

If well planned, service learning can exhibit developmental stages that parallel and feed into patterns of academic growth. Students who learn through service pass through six developmental stages (the need to be needed, to know, to know more, to understand why, to know what can be changed, and to integrate action and knowledge for developing…

Shows how, through shared inquiry into literacy processes, both the teachers and students become learners. Describes the shared inquiry that took place in a classroom of 10- and 11-year olds in which teachers and students explored the meanings, purposes, and outcomes of their literacy curriculum. (SR)

Addresses two questions that may be unique to perceptual learning: What are the circumstances that produce learning? and What is the content of learning? Suggests a critical principle for each question. Provides a discussion of perceptual learning theory, how learning occurs, and what gets learned. Includes a 121-item bibliography. (DR)

Investigated a theory-based learning environment that provided instruction in a complex and ill-structured domain. Results revealed that the hypertext-like treatment promoted superior knowledge transfer. (Contains 60 references.) (Author)

Studied development of procedural knowledge in 14 adults, aged 18 to 35 years, engaged in a novel task using a toy tractor-trailer rig. Results revealed three phases of development in subjects' knowledge of steering procedures and the rig's movement patterns, and their use of feedback information. Subjects also manifested different levels of…

Discusses the distance learning process that occurs when computer-mediated communication is used and presents a conceptual framework based on the theoretical principles developed by Gavriel Salomon. Characteristics of the technology are identified, including active user participation, activation of cognitive skills related to information…

Uses an analogy based on the neural networks of the mind to describe organizational communications channels and considers how the various structures within organizations can affect the learning process. The impact of neural organizations on the delivery of education and training is discussed, and examples from the Open University are given. (two…

Describes a study at Florida State University that examined how Gagne's learning theory and events of instruction described and supported learning in the cooperative learning environment of a fourth grade classroom. Examples of instructional events and appropriate actions are given, and it is reported that Gagne's theories support cooperative…

Discusses a concept of quality in vocational education and training in the United Kingdom that emphasizes the role of the learner in the learning process. Total quality management is described, criteria for quality in vocational education and training are suggested, and implications for National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) are discussed. (12…