Presents two diagrams that model the communication process used by a learner solving academic problems. (PF)

The ability to raise effective questions for problem-solving learning requires considerable skill and much preparation and practice. This research provides a brief examination of three problem-solving models for both elementary and secondary-level classrooms and emphasizes the development of an appropriate teacher question repertory for each phase…

A Markov model was proposed to account for the short-term retention of the spatial arrangement of letters. The model was fit to three spatial location recall conditions in experiments which differed in distractor task. The rate of information transfer from primary to secondary memory was affected by changes in distractor task. (SW)

Author contends that much dissatisfaction and alienation surrounding schools stems partly from their failure to have matched their curricula to the various developmental stages through which all students must pass. Articulation attempts to balance the right educational environment to the student's level of development and four basic learning…

A theoretical model for estimating the effects of age and incentive on children's performance in probability learning is introduced. Novel predictions of the model about the effects of combinations of age and incentive were tested and confirmed. (Editor/RK)

Advances a view of instruction based on the nature of cognitive activity, school learning, and instruction and suggests relationships between the CEDARS, cognitive mediational, and task models of instruction. Discusses more than a dozen implications of the cognitive mediational and task models for ways teachers can promote students' cognitive…

Outlines a proposed model for understanding the human information processing system, which is conceptualized in terms of three interrelated major elements--executive, working, and long-term memory--with emphasis on the structure of long-term memory. Thirty-one references are listed. (MBR)

Describes how the authors developed an understanding of the research and development process at the Proctor and Gamble Company by applying David Kolb's Learning Model for Individuals to the organizational learning process. (Available from Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139;…

Eight prominent learning theories are summarized, compared, and discussed for implications to adult learning. (MS)

The present research was designed to minimize the possibility for new learning contained in earlier studies and to focus primarily upon facilitating effects. (Author)

A model training managers can use to design material for specific needs." (Editor)

The article reviews the controversy over the information processing model as an approach to diagnosing and remediating learning disabled students. The Slingerland Screening Tests are suggested as an alternative tool for examining information processing skills. Advantages of the test include direct application to classroom tasks. (Author/CL)

This paper reports a series of studies in the development of a Study Behavior Questionnaire (SBQ) for use with university students. It attempted to determine optimal ways of combining SBQ item scores: by sorting people's responses to items (R-analysis), or by sorting items on the basis of how they discriminate between people (Q-analysis).…

Experiential learning can be understood as a process in which learners recognize and develop their "action-theory." The aim of outdoor development programs--whether mainstream education, corporate training, or therapy--is to facilitate this process. A "reflection-in-action" approach to facilitation is presented and situated in…