Two classification schemes for social work knowledge are proposed. The first scheme is based on a definition of the profession's knowledge base. The second scheme is based on the concept that social work focuses on the interface between person and environment. (RC)

Cautions against underestimating children's intelligence and describes the development of the award winning book, "Building: The Fight against Gravity." (MKM)

Describes a study in which it was found that informational background has some effect on reading speed and comprehension. (TJ)

A survey of 235 older mothers (mean age 70) of adult offspring with mental retardation found low levels of service use despite knowledge of service availability. Service utilization was related to offspring age, gender, family income, amount of care provided by mothers, mothers' marital status, assistance from adult children without mental…

Four experiments involving 286 undergraduates examined social influences on metacognition, testing whether learner's knowledge that colearners have questions about the material affects their own levels of comprehension. Overall, the more questions colearners signaled having, the more confusion learners admitted having. (SLD)

A high school sophomore and a graduate student completed the Occu-U-Sort. Cognitive mapping with concurrent verbalizations showed how the task elicits different cognitive structures in novices and experts. Uses of the card sort for diagnosing career problems and prescribing interventions were identified. (SK)

British nursing students (78 of 93) completed a questionnaire about blood pressure; 90% were not familiar with Korotkoff sounds or auscultary gap; most thought blood pressure was the same in both arms; 63% knew resting was essential before measurement; 59% assessed the arm for cuff size; only 25% thought the cuff should be placed at heart level.…

Compares epistemological changes resulting from alphabetization in ancient Greece to similar changes in nursing education. Three dynamics are explored: sedimentation of words, growth of criticism, and the new rationality. Suggests that criticism is a positive change, the devaluing of sensory and experiential knowledge a negative change. Contains…

Examines one type of knowledge not included in the original Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, metacognitive knowledge. Based on the work of Flavell, this paper identifies three types of metacognitive knowledge (strategic knowledge, knowledge of cognitive tasks, and self-knowledge). After discussing each of these, the paper focuses on…

Focuses on (n=39) Brazilian science teachers' perceptions of the role of models in science teaching and uses semi-structured interviews to inquire into the knowledge of models and modeling. Reports three groups of ideas: (1) the status and value of models; (2) the influences that inform the translation of these general ideas; and (3) responses to…

An information-theoretic framework is used to analyze the knowledge content in multivariate cross-classified data. Proposes measures based on the information concept, including the knowledge content of a cross classification, its terseness, and the separability of one variable. Presents applications for situations when classical analysis is…

New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service home economics agents rated perceived technical knowledge and client needs for 144 family and consumer sciences concepts. Six areas in which they needed more training were identified: gerontology, health, employment, parenting, family dynamics, and child development. (SK)

Studied the effects of topic knowledge, text coherence, and topic interest on learning from text in 160 high school students. The contribution of topic interest seemed to increase according to the quantity of learners' topic knowledge, and high-knowledge and high-interest students performed better than those in the other groups. (SLD)

Describes how the technical support group learns and shares the product knowledge it needs to perform its work. Explains how customer documentation fits into these learning processes and activities. Analyzes the boundaries that exist between technical support and customer documentation groups. (PM)

Explores the fund and source of knowledge that undergraduate students possess about school psychology. Results indicated that although undergraduate students rated their perceived knowledge of school psychology significantly higher than clinical psychology, the mean ratings for both disciplines were low. Both psychology and education majors…