The function that a specific environment is said to fulfill depends critically on who is in control within the environment. The paper develops this argument and suggests how its implications might be tested empirically. (Author/AM)

One approach to language learning unites insight into explicit rules, systematic drill and contextual communication. By thinking, creating and speaking, language rules are created and transferred to other situations. Repeated remodelling of sentences seems to yield fastest learning. (CHK)

The major focus of this study, it is stated, was on two comparisons of performance of four pre-school groups consisting of retarded, brain-injured, normal, and disadvantaged subjects; examining both the effects of two versus three dimensional formats on and the correlation between identification and Concept-Matching responses. [Available from R &…

A model measurement program is described in terms of stage of measurement, learning process, type of measurement, and grade level. Suggested activities are presented in activity card format. (SD)

The author discusses three training approaches in teaching industrial relations--"systematic" training, problem solving, and learning for uncertainty. (BP)

Community education is a learning program dedicated to fulfilling the unmet needs of all individuals in a community by offering learning opportunities throughout the day and year and by using many of the resources of the community. (Editor)

Lectures and classroom games are compared in terms of fact and concept, of inducing change in certain political attitudes, and of student evaluations in an introductory American government course. The results are inconclusive. (DE)

This article explores some of the challenges that young children face when they begin formalised literacy learning in the classroom, in particular learning to write. The challenges are discussed in terms of the transitions children are faced with when moving from family and community literacy practices to more explicit and formal school learning…

Direct daily measurement of students' performance was used as an independent variable to determine its effect on the learning of six primary level learning disabled children. (Author/DB)

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how drawings can contribute to generating new information when solvers use drawings in solving mathematical problems. For this purpose, two episodes, in which drawings enabled a solver to find ideas useful for his solutions, were qualitatively and closely analyzed, especially focusing on what roles…

This final report reviews a program of theoretical and empirical research focusing on the ability determinants of individual differences in skill acquisition. An integrative framework for information processing and cognitive ability determinants of skills is presented, along with principles for ability-skill relations. Three major patterns of…

In a study of beginning collegiate volleyball players, two classes were assigned to a traditional approach, and two to a Motor Processes Approach. Following 8 weeks of instruction, the Motor Processes classes were significantly better on the set, serve, and pass, and were more knowledgeable. Students indicated that they believed they learned equal…

A far-reaching reexamination of teacher education in the United States is underway, stimulated by reform initiatives from within the profession and by criticisms from without. This article raises questions about the place and form of educational psychology in the larger conversation about the thoughtful preparation of teachers. Recent research and…

Difficulty in comprehending mathematical concepts is a consequence of the system of knowledge acquisition prevailing in schools, and more specifically, of the typical pattern of classroom interaction. In the common task-setting/task-solving pattern, the teacher divides the subject matter into segments. Students are involved interactively in…