Reports that although a rhetoric of visible text based on page layout and various design features has been defined, what a writer should know about design is rarely covered. Describes and demonstrates a scope and sequence of learning that encourages writers to develop skills as text designers. Introduces helpful literature that displays visually…

Compared learning-style preferences of intellectually gifted, average-ability, and special-needs students on the Learning Style Inventory. Also examined the general differences among ability level and gender. Analyses indicated that gifted students preferred learning alone, being self-motivated, and using tactile learning approaches, and that…

Constructs a recursion programming learning system based on Socratic dialog which presents questions to students and encourages them to reflect on their own thinking. Highlights include implementation using database techniques; evaluation by empirical methods; and results of pretests and posttests that show a positive impact on recursion…

Examines types and frequency of coaching of learning at the middle school level and its relation to students' strategic-learning. Results reveal that instances of teachers' coaching of learning occurred in only 9% of the instruction segments and that students' strategic-learning activity was significantly related to teachers' coaching of learning.…

Describes four types of concept maps (slash recall, linear, radial, pictorial) created and used by students at the U.S. Air Force Academy to improve comprehension and recall of reading assignments. Provides student examples of each type of map, which are often created on computers. (EV)

Presents the first four of nine strategies that students can use to develop their critical thinking skills: using "wasted time" to practice critical thinking; choosing a problem at the beginning of each day to work on; developing a heightened awareness of universal intellectual standards; and writing journal entries each week that analyze…

Discusses the definition and classification of second language learning strategies, the range of strategies used among second language learners, the importance of learning strategies, and learner strategy training. (Author/VWL)

Explored the responses of Chinese students in British schools to the education they received in independent, grant-maintained, and comprehensive school settings. British-Chinese students had distinctly different learning preferences than British-European students. They remained conditioned by traditional Chinese behavioral rules and believed in…

Argues for the adoption of critical pedagogy by management educators. Presents two examples of implementing critical pedagogy in content and process to illustrate potential for the transformation of organizational arrangements. (Contains 64 references.) (DDR)

Discusses the need for workers to acquire more information at an increasing rate in response to changes and developments in the workplace and proposes three variables that affect an individual's participation in an organization's development process. Considers learning participation and implications for human development practitioners. (Author/LRW)

Explores students' cognitive behaviors observed in the process of learning as performed in the classroom context while acquiring a thinking skill such as choosing wisely. Micro-analysis of the students' video-recorded repeated applications of the skill identified 10 steps along the learning process, disclosing the students' development of schemata…

Administered the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students (ASSIST) (N. Entwhistle and P. Ramsden, 1983) to 573 undergraduates to analyze a Norwegian version of this inventory. Structural equation modeling techniques reveal the usefulness of this instrument as a research took for the assessment of approaches to learning among Norwegian…

Makes the case that geologic fieldwork requires more than knowledge of basic skills learned in the standard undergraduate curriculum. Argues that synthesis of the skills into a schema must be done before one can address the kinds of problems that arise when doing field investigations. Argues for the use of descriptive geometry and trigonometry in…

Research findings indicate that neither workers nor workplaces are prepared for flexible delivery of training. A proposed model identifies strategies for learner development (self-directed learning, self-monitoring, engagement with a wide range of modes) and workplace development (clear training policies, trainer skills to support self-direction…

Investiges the mathematical behavior of graduate students and the experiences that contributed to their mathematical development and success. Students reported that a mentor facilitated the development of their problem solving abilities and continued mathematical study. When confronted with an unfamiliar task, students exhibited exceptional…