This investigation delineates a multi-year action research agenda designed to develop an instructional model for teaching the nature of science (NOS) to preservice science teachers. Our past research strongly supports the use of explicit reflective instructional methods, which includes Thomas Kuhn's notion of learning by ostention and treating…

Within the setting of a quality physical education program there is a dynamic process occurring. This process is a perennial expression of both teaching and learning. Educators are continually striving to improve teaching approaches in an attempt to create a program that consists of skill development, participation, and collaboration between all…

This paper investigates the uses of various kinds of hypermedia format for history learning, which specifically emphasizes on the role of causal reasoning about history accounts. Three different groups in the last school year of Secondary Education (aged 16) studied the same materials about the Discovery of America in three different formats: (a)…

Interest in constructivism has fueled enthusiasm for the development of games and team-sport pedagogy over the past decade, but individual sports have yet to receive the same attention. In this article we redress this oversight by suggesting that constructivist perspectives on learning can be used to develop student-centered, inquiry-based…

Although there is evidence that the use of picture books affects young children's achievement scores in mathematics, little is known about the cognitive engagement and, in particular, the mathematical thinking that is evoked when young children are read a picture book. The focus of the case study reported in this article is on the cognitive…

The purpose of the present review of literature and research is to examine the benefits the arts provide as enhancements for teaching and learning provided for both educators and students in PK-12 school settings. The relationship between exposure to the arts and student achievement within the academic disciplines such as mathematics,…

This study investigated children's, adolescents', and young adults' judgments and reasoning about teaching two values (racial equality and patriotism) using methods that varied in provision for children's rational autonomy, active involvement, and choice. Ninety-six participants (7-8-, 10-11-, and 13-14-year-olds, and college students) evaluated…

Two disparate research programs have addressed the challenge of instructional multimedia design. One, based on cognitive load theory, has focused on ways of reducing unnecessary cognitive load during instruction to free up resources for learning. The other, based on constructivism, has centered on interactive multimedia, allowing students to build…

This book is intended to offer the teacher practical classroom ideas. The first chapter suggests two approaches in teaching children to inquire and compares the three modes of teaching--didactic, Socratic, and inquiry. The second chapter considers the problem of what people do as they inquire and the relationship between data and theory, which are…

Describes the use of facts, concepts, and values in teaching students the importance of feeling, thinking, choosing, and acting in their daily lives. (BRB)

Instrumental Enrichment, an approach which assesses intellectual potential and stresses the importance of learning to think in new ways, was implemented with normal and learning difficulty students. Tasks involve comparisons, classifications, sequence, and relationships in space and time. Preliminary results point to success for students as well…

Describes a remedial thinking technique developed by Reuben Feuerstein called Instrumental Enrichment which is ideally suited to working with ESL students. Feuerstein believes most learning problems are due to absence of mediational learning at an early age. Program is process-oriented with workbooks and emphasis on verbal mediation. (BK)

Outlines the beginnings of a teaching theory based on student learning processes, focusing on the regulation dimension of teaching and learning and the effects teaching and learning have on each other. Discusses congruence and friction between these regulatory modes of control. Contains 74 references. (SLD)

The overt aspects of dialogue, especially the spoken exchange, are the focus of most counsellor education interventions. However, in addition to its visible and audible aspects, counselling conversation also features covert dimensions. This article describes an educational exercise designed to heighten counsellors' awareness of one of these covert…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to consider how simulations are increasingly used in training programs for the development of skills such as leadership. However, the requirements of leadership development go beyond the development of task specific procedural knowledge or expertise that simulations have typically been used to develop.…