Considers how preceding articles by Jansen and van der Maas, and Halford et al., contribute to understanding of how rule use can be best assessed, how systematic rule use can be reconciled with variable rule use, when children begin to use rules, and how children generate new rules. Summarizes current understanding of development of knowledge…

Empirical evidence indicates that learning in many organizations is simple rather than complex, and many organizations seem to be unable to reflect on and draw from learning processes. An ecological broadening of perspectives is recommended as a solution. (SK)

Explores logarithms of negative numbers spurred by an unanticipated result given by a calculator. Shares the perspectives of the teacher and the teacher-as-learner. (Author/NB)

Describes the characteristics of young children as they develop problem-solving skills and strategies. (Author/NB)

Presents five guidelines for helping students retrieve declarative memories in the context of geology activities. Based on research findings on brain function from the fields of neuroscience and psychology, the activities provide opportunities for students to practice using cues to enhance memory. (DLH)

Discusses how the conceptual apparatus and modus operandi of games theory provides a research heuristic for understanding the strategic possibilities inherent in typical classroom situations in which the interests of students and teachers are partially concurrent and partly in conflict. Also discusses the preconditions for contracts between…

Discusses instructional practices to help college students with learning disabilities, showing how models of self-regulated learning characterize knowledge, beliefs, and skills that students with learning disabilities need to succeed in school and presenting the Strategic Content Learning (SCL) model, which promotes self-regulated learning. The…

Presents aspects of the traditional ISD (Instructional Systems Design) process that may change when moving a learning object strategy. Compares a traditional ISD process to a process that has been customized to fit the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of learning objects, regardless of how they are used as a performance…

Discusses the differences between training, which usually focuses on more specific job skills, and teaching, which is usually more concerned with acquiring declarative knowledge. Suggests training should be made more like teaching, focusing more on understanding, emphasizing intrinsic goals of learning, problem solving, and subject-specific…

The number of chief learning officers, mostly in Fortune 500 companies, has increased significantly in recent years. The increase does not indicate that companies are committed to strategic learning; executives want proof that it helps the bottom line. (JOW)

Discusses learning strategies that, if adopted, will ensure the continued success of the learning disabled in a variety of higher education settings. The framework consists of support, time management, technical, and comprehension strategies. (JOW)

Notes that motivating students to apply new study strategies can be difficult but that obtaining student feedback gives teachers insight into the matter. Offers 10 ideas encompassing students' suggestions on how to motivate students. (SR)

Reviews research on the brain and memory, emotions, aging, and learning. Outlines practice implications: connect new learning to personal experiences, make sure learners are paying attention, recognize the role of emotions, and be aware that stimulation influences the aging brain. (SK)

Somatic or embodied learning recognizes bodily experience as a source of knowledge. Narrative learning involves examination of personal stories as a process of meaning making and identity development. Both offer creative alternatives for adult learning. (Contains 28 references.) (SK)

Discusses changes in accepted approaches to teaching and learning, shifts in psychological and pedagogical theory towards a constructivist view of learning, and the consequences of these theoretical shifts for computer assisted learning. Explains a classification scheme for constructivism that provides a framework for looking at constructivist…