Examines the relationship between medical students' communication apprehension and their performance in problem-based learning sessions as assessed by a tutor and by their knowledge acquisition. (DDR)

Through a qualitative study of the work practices of interdisciplinary humanities scholars, the activities and resources involved in scholarship that crosses disciplinary boundaries were examined. Results highlight fundamental features of work in the humanities in relation to the interdisciplinary processes scholars use to extend their knowledge…

Investigates validity of scores derived from the measurement procedure involving number lines by assessing its unique contributions to performance differences in criterion measures of rational number knowledge and skills, including fraction computation, application, and explanation. States that 205 fifth-grade and 208 sixth-grade students…

Knowledge about adolescent suicide in Australia was investigated using the Adolescent Suicide Behavior Questionnaire. General practitioners and teachers scored, on average, 71% and 59% of the questionnaire items correct, respectively. Strengths and deficits in knowledge across the professions are discussed in terms of the potential gatekeeping…

A survey of 488 postsecondary service providers to students with disabilities found respondents valued and reported knowledge of assistive technology (AT) by themselves and faculty. Costs of technology and upgrades were perceived as the greatest barriers, whereas provider expertise, student awareness/knowledge of AT, and administration support…

Study sought to determine if young children's knowledge regarding potentially abusive hearing and voice behaviors can be changed through education. An interactive educational program, Ears for Listening, Voice for Speaking (ELVS), was presented to 66 kindergarten students. After participation in the program, a statistically significant increase…

A study involving 101 parents of children with disabilities, 199 educators, and 125 investigators found respondents had a cursory awareness of how to respond to the maltreatment of children with disabilities and were receptive to becoming more effective partners by attending training to bridge the knowledge gaps they possess. (Contains…

Discusses the strategic management of knowledge assets for competitive advantage in enterprises. Presents an integrative, systematic approach that can be followed in order to improve the business value of the knowledge assets of an enterprise. (Author/AEF)

This article first assesses the existing "state of awareness of the research to practice gap" among 111 preservice educators. It then discusses the potential benefits associated with the improvement of this knowledge and describes a variety of programmatic options, structural and instructional, that may enhance preservice educators' knowledge,…

Examined role of phonological awareness and visual-orthographic skills in Chinese reading acquisition among first, second, third, and fifth graders who had learned the Hanyu Pinyin script. Found that visual skills predicted reading success at lower grades; pinyin knowledge and ability to discriminate homophonic characters predicted reading success…

Among 137 rural Hispanic Americans surveyed in central California--over half having limited English proficiency and less than a 7th-grade education--almost all knew that smoking causes lung cancer and osteoporosis, but less than half knew of smoking's other health risks. Current smokers were most likely to underestimate smoking risks. (Contains 26…

Two experiments assessed visuomotor sequence learning in 4- to 10-year-olds using a serial reaction time (SRT) task with random and sequenced trials. Found that children demonstrated sequence-specific decreases in RT. Participants with explicit awareness of the sequence at the session's end showed larger sequence-specific RT decrements than…

Children's knowledge and understanding of AIDS was assessed, and results were compared between Thailand and U.S. samples. Findings show that Thai children have higher levels of accurate knowledge of AIDS compared with their U.S. counterparts. Findings are discussed in terms of current AIDS infection rates and educational prevention efforts in both…

Kerr wrote of the black box of design decisions--that time when the "heart of an instructional solution first appears." Petroski writes of judgment as indispensable for engineering design decisions. Both instructional design and engineering are design sciences, yet engineering has a rich tradition of discussing and reflecting upon design…

Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) is often based on written argumentative discourse of learners, who discuss their perspectives on a problem with the goal to acquire knowledge. Lately, CSCL research focuses on the facilitation of specific processes of argumentative knowledge construction, e.g., with computer-supported collaboration…