Authors described how the arrangement of physical space in an open education setting could facilitate the accomplishment of the teacher's instructional goals. They stressed the process of planning in the physical realization of theoretical assumptions about learning and offered concrete examples to support their thesis. (Editor/RK)

Philosopher and historian R. G. Collingwood developed and elaborated a theory and approach to reconstructing knowledge about the past that relies on the historical imagination. This paper argues that Collingwood's theory offers teachers sound reasons for using constructivist approaches in their classrooms and that his methodological approach can…

The study reported in this paper was designed to test response style and to further manipulate the type of question used in an attempt to promote the facilitative effect initally predicted from the use of general questions. (Author/RK)

New methods and innovations are bound to fail if the teacher's attitude is not taken into account. Here the author describes a program of in-service workshops to help teachers shape a new outlook on learning and experimentation. (Editor)

Described UCLA's University Elementary School and its unique plan for a training component of a credential program. (Author/RK)

The present study was an attempt to investigate the effects of two factors - number of defining attributes and the degree to which a student has learned those attributes (level of conceptualization) - on the difficulty of a concept. (Author)

Article investigated attempts to compare the effectiveness for learning of note-taking and other procedures and, as well, considered studies that have measured the precise outcomes of the activities involved in note-taking, and in subsequently making use of the notes. (Author/RK)

In this study, two cognitive-psychomotor tasks (dry mounting and laminating) were programed and a hardware delivery system, featuring an auto-program stop and slide synchronization capability, was developed and tested. (Author)

A discussion of the problem of how it is possible for a verbal student to learn from a computer unless the machine can partially understand his language. (Author)

Article described an innovative program, recently developed into a permanent department at Triton College, which stirred student motivation and learning experience. (Author/RK)

Content analysis of connected instructional discourse depends on the fundamental distinction between the content to be learned ("intrinsic") and the content intended only to support the learning processes ("mathemagenic"). Depending on the expected outcome of learning and the learner's entering competencies, the nature and…

In this paper, a theory of the academic achievement process of learning is proposed. Learning is seen as the outcome of the utilization of learning opportunities created in the teaching process by students themselves. These students are characterized by a certain level of ability and effort. The theory is first formulated in a single equation…