Reported is a study of two instructional strategies: (1) the placement of key questions in text materials, and (2) the use of prescriptive feedback to direct students who missed text questions to appropriate remedial work. Learning that resulted from these two techniques was examined relative to achievement, time-on-task, and efficiency.…

Individual differences in the ordered recall of list of digits are examined experimentally. The resulting evidence argues that neither differences in rehearsal strategies nor differences in the tendency to group and chunk the digits are major determinants of differences in digit span size. Further experiments attempt to pinpoint the source of…

This study seeks to determine whether there are syntactic differences in the ways in which field dependent and field independent individuals write, and to determine whether these differences can account for the differences in interpersonal evaluations. One hundred sixty-five subjects were selected for this study by randomly selecting classes from…

Several concepts and techniques used to design computer simulation of human performance were employed in developing an information processing approach to task analysis. This new approach is compared and contrasted with Gagne's hierarchical task analysis model. Two conceptual levels of a behavioral objective are identified. One level, referred to…

Examines both educational and neurological literature in an attempt to assess the relevance of cerebral lateralization as presently understood to education. (Author/RK)

Reports research on game playing and the learning associated with it which had three purposes: to contribute knowledge to develop a theory of learning in games; to provide useful information about the effectiveness of games for game designers, teachers, and curriculum specialists; to develop a set of research instruments. (JM)

Two experiments were performed to investigate the effects of noise-induced arousal on immediate recall of visually presented paired-associate adjectives. (Authors)

Discusses the question of aptitude from within an information-processing perspective, examines how aptitude is conceptualized in this framework, and discusses one possible component of L2 aptitude: working memory. (56 references) (Author/CK)