In this article, the authors examine the components of leadership for learning employing research on highly productive schools and school districts and high-performing principals and superintendents, using a three-dimensional model of productivity. The knowledge base of leadership for learning is captured under eight major dimensions: vision for…

Like any infrastructure technology, Virtual World (VW) platforms provide affordances that facilitate some activities and hinder others. Although it is theoretically possible for a VW platform to support all types of activities, designers make choices that lead technologies to be more or less suited for different learning objectives. Virtual World…

Discusses the handling of groups. The teacher should be aware of variables: size of group, composition (by ability, needs, etc.), seating arrangement, group structure, etc. Cooperative, competitive or individual work should be used, depending on the learning goal. The teacher must be perceptive, flexible, and must have good organizing ability.…

Recent advances have been made in facilitating implementation of Ausubel's advance organizer strategy. One reason Ausubel's approach has not been widely adopted is its lack of specificity about how to relate what is to be learned to what has already been assimilated within the cognitive structure. The use of subsumptive sequencing, coordinate…

The document summarizes the findings of the Western Australian Council for Special Education regarding the methodological and administrative problems involved in educating hearing impaired children. Following an outline of specific principles and recommendations relating to education of hearing impaired children are chapters focusing on the…

THIS RESEARCH REPORT DESCRIBES A DETAILED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR THE INDIVIDUAL "ELEMENTS," OR TYPES OF RESPONSES, WHICH MAKE UP THE READER'S TOTAL RESPONSE TO LITERATURE AS IT TAKES FORM IN WRITTEN COMMENTARY ON LITERARY WORKS. CHAPTER 1 DISCUSSES THE ORIGIN OF THE STUDY AND DEFINES ELEMENTS AND THE CATEGORICAL SYSTEM USED IN CLASSIFYING THEM.…

Compares and contrasts three reading comprehension taxonomies and discusses possible uses. (MKM)

A new approach to learning French verbs based on the stem of the present tense and ignoring traditional classifications by infinitive is proposed. (MSE)

Demonstrates how a universal taxonomy of reading goals might be related to a taxonomy of reading means. (FL)

Joseph and Judith Davenport discuss the controversy surrounding the concept of andragogy: differing philosophical orientations, classification of andragogy, and general utility or value of the term for adult education. George Yonge examines the inappropriateness of the focus on teaching and learning and critical differences between andragogy and…

How secondary social studies teachers can teach concepts through the skills of categorizing and generalizing is discussed. (RM)

This article is a study of attempts made to adapt B. S. Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives to foreign language teaching. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/CLK)

Preschool children who did not group a set of geometric stimuli according to complete similarity on a pretest were taught classification wither in a modeling or in a reinforcement condition. Modeling was found to be an effective means of teaching classification behavior. (ST)

Reviews the major remedial reading techniques and presents a classification scheme for them. Calls for a greater understanding of the variety of remedial techniques and their role in instructional programs. (FL)