Studied transfer of rule knowledge in 7- to 9-year-old normal and disabled readers. Compared performance on trained exemplars and untrained transfer items by means of posttests following rule training. Found that normal readers transferred rule knowledge in reading and music tasks; disabled readers were proficient only on music tasks and showed…

Strategies used by upper secondary school students to regulate their own learning processes were studied for 248 Australian students, 215 Japanese students in Japan, and 30 Japanese students in Australia. The pattern of strategy used varied for each cultural group, with Japanese students using memory strategies significantly more often. (SLD)

This article discusses the increased emphasis on providing early intervention services within natural environments and how to maximize natural learning opportunities by using everyday activities that children experience and embedding intervention in daily routines. Guidelines for deciding the frequency of services, changing services, and the level…

Effects of type of prompt on the use of external strategies were examined with 272 children (ages 7-17) with or without mental retardation. A task requiring memory for object placement was performed under one of four conditions: no prompt, verbal prompt, physical prompt, verbal and physical prompt. Results suggested that strategy use by older…

Proposes the need for electronic learning to be redefined to move beyond training toward a wider array of solutions, from performance support to knowledge management. Topics include balancing employees' instructional needs with informational needs; integrating online courseware with knowledge systems; communities of practice; access to experts;…

Describes a way of using the extended metaphor of an imaginary airline that bridges the gap between students' work with logic and their creation of proofs. (KHR)

Describes a number line activity based on students' individual timelines to help students understand the concepts of integers and rational numbers. Middle school students and their parents construct a number line using positive and negative rational numbers to represent dates of events before and after the student's birth. (KHR)

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the comparative effects of two homework study methods on the acquisition and maintenance of social studies content. Thirty-two students (grades 5 and 9) scored higher on next-day quizzes when using a structured reading worksheet study method compared to a standard review questions study method. (Contains…

Argues for learning communities as a fruitful milieu for cognitive development and knowledge construction. Provides a metaphor of a constructivist learning community organization grounded on French scientist and philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's theory of evolution. Asserts that Teilhardian thought is useful for conceptualizing a…

Analyzes video recordings of three undergraduate students' textbook-based homework. Focuses on the ways in which their exercise reasoning is mathematically well-founded or superficial. Indicates that most strategy choices and implementations are carried out without considering the intrinsic mathematical properties of the components involved in…

This article reviews social studies instructional approaches for secondary students with mild disabilities, with an emphasis on methods that provide access to the general education curriculum. It highlights research findings on domain-specific instructional approaches for teaching social studies concepts such as historical understanding and…

The use of rules on nonverbal balance scale problems was studied among 5- to 19-year-olds. Latent class analyses indicated that children used rules, that different rules were used by children of different ages, and that both consistent and inconsistent rule use occurred. A model for the development of reasoning about the balance scale task was…

Shows how to find an equation in one variable whose solution set is a given line segment as well as an equation in two variables whose solution set is a given triangle and its interior. (KHR)

Introduces a special triangle for which many different problems can be posed on the basis of one unusual property. Presents three problems and considers different approaches for the first problem. Explores other mathematical problems using the "What if not?" strategy that can be used as classroom activities. (KHR)

Comments on student responses to the three dimensional items produced by first investigating flat paper cutouts of the items. (KHR)