Surveys (n=6,000), interviews (n=600), and case studies (n=60) of organizational learning in British small businesses indicated that nearly all claimed to be learning organizations, but learning was largely incidental and sporadic and only a fraction of it was communicated to others. Few were using knowledge management strategically. (SK)

Purpose: This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of the informal and incidental learning that takes place in project work among individuals who must adapt to deviations from project plans. Design/methodology/approach: Reflections in the study are built on four power plant projects found in an integrated provider of projects of this…

Leaders and employees of today's organizations typically assume increasing responsibility for their own and their organization's learning. Much of that learning is informal or incidental. This article reviews theory and research to update that model and identify future research challenges. Through this review, groundwork will be laid for…

This study examined the rate at which English vocabulary was acquired from the 3 input modes of reading, reading-while-listening, and listening to stories. It selected 3 sets of 28 words within 4 frequency bands and administered 2 test types immediately after the reading and listening treatments, 1 week later and 3 months later. The results showed…

The present study, by use of questionnaire and vocabulary tests, has investigated the foreign language vocabulary learning situation of 481 undergraduates in terms of their perspective of vocabulary learning, strategy use and vocabulary size. Based on the questionnaire investigation and vocabulary level tests, the characteristics of the subjects'…

The purpose of this experiment was to develop a more explicit conceptual model regarding how learning goals influence learning from text than is currently available. (Author/DEP)

Three language-delayed autistic children (6-11 years old) were taught expressive use of prepositions to describe the location of preferred edibles and toys. Traditional highly structured training and incidental teaching procedures were used in a classroom setting, and generalization was assessed during free-play sessions. Results clearly indicated…

Six pairs of moderately or severely handicapped adults were taught to identify sight words, with those words directly taught to one student serving as words indirectly presented to the other. Results of probes revealed that most of the adults learned incidentally presented words and maintained performance across sets of words. (Author/CL)

Six moderately retarded adolescents were each taught 10 reading vocabulary words in the presence of the group. Ss were tested periodically on their own 10 words, 50 words presented to peers, and 10 uninstructed control words. Ss showed significant learning of their own words, with some also learning their classmates' words. (Author/CL)

A short review of research on the effects of using inserted questions in instructional media and prose.

A group of 94 older adults attended a lecture and film on tourism; immediate and one-month posttest data were compared to 109 controls. Results showed older adults can learn from incidental exposure to information and retain it. However, there was less significant change in attitudes. (SK)

Surveys completed by 794 of 1,276 employees in 12 small/midsized businesses provided strong evidence of formal, informal, and incidental workplace learning; incidental was the most frequent. A positive significant relationship was found between workplace learning and overall job satisfaction, recognition, work enjoyment, and supportive work…

Interviews with 14 professionals investigated whether and how they learned from mistakes, appropriate and inappropriate learning, and acceptance of personal responsibility. Gender differences were found: women tended to internalize blame and sought to make things right; men tended to externalize blame and sought to minimize fallout. (SK)

In Finland, English is widely visible outside the school context, above all in the area of entertainment and mass media, and is no longer regarded as a foreign language in the old sense of the word. Among Swedish-minority students in Finland, the dominant status of English in various mass media leads to positive attitudes towards English among…