Based on three areas of research (memory, selective attention, and metacognition), three strategy training interventions with learning disabled children are described: Lloyd's academic strategy training, Torgeson's strategy training, and Deshler's learning strategies model. Individual approaches may be appropriate only for selected subgroups of…

Indicates that students were favorably impressed with their videodisc learning experience, though the process of reaching consensus seemed to require the re-ordering of individual rankings. Discusses the relationships between design strategy, student interaction in the learning process, and funding educational technology. (JD)

The use of personal interviews with students in studying the processes and results of student learning is criticized for the variability in the context of interviews and for the bias inherent in the interview situations. (MSE)

Experiences in the arts can help students develop positive attitudes towards learning. The relationship of language and the arts to the development of perceptual skills is explored. The processes of learning and its application to developing concepts in music and movement are discussed. (DF)

Techniques for helping the poor speller succeed are offered. Students learn in different ways and can be taught to spell through the sense they use best. Tips include ideas for visual, aural, and kinesthetic learners. (DF)

Describes four encounters--with a doctoral student, a primary grade teacher, a child, and a sociolinguist--to illustrate how teaching and learning, two separate ventures, are sometimes confused with one another. (HTH)

Focuses on the nature of elementary school classrooms as social contexts for literacy, particularly for writing. Explores the nature of the classroom as the context for literacy, how children come to understand such classroom contexts, and what defines a beneficial context for literacy growth. (HTH)

Four studies are offered from a Piagetian perspective on providing children with an optimal microcomputer environment. Guidelines stress the importance of flexibility, and a hierarchical software environment. (CL)

This monograph reports the findings of a literature review and subsequent discussions with trainers, consultants, and management educators in the United Kingdom and the United States. The results of the literature review and of the detailed discussions confirmed that remarkably little attention was given to the question of how to help managers…

A conceptual framework, patterned on the Presage-Process-Product model, was designed to help sequence relevant elements of the dance teaching-learning process. Research based on this framework is needed to generate practical and theoretical pedagogical guidelines. (Author/DF)

Presents an outline of a number of curriculum modifications and adaptations that can be relatively simple to implement at the middle school level in order to individualize instruction in mainstreamed classrooms. (FL)

Argues that rather than using a spelling series and treating spelling as a subject separate from the other language arts, teachers should use a program that begins with encouraging invented spelling and moves to the use of high frequency word lists and spelling by meaning. (FL)

An easy-to-implement method for demonstrating classical conditioning in an introductory psychology course is described. (RM)

The effects on retention of adjunct questions either placed at the end of a passage or inserted after their respective paragraphs within the passage were examined. Both treatments led to superior retention of the previously questioned facts. The position of the adjunct questions did not differentially affect performance. (Author/BW)

Responding to Goldman's critique of the Socratic method, the author redefines the "Socratic spirit" as rational dialog focused on questions of significance in an atmosphere of mutual support and cooperation. Exemplified in Lipman's "Philosophy for Children," this approach nourishes the reflective spirit in children and develops…