Discusses the assessment of learner strategies in the computer assisted language learning context, and the pros and cons. Reviews empirical studies that have used the computer to record the interactive process where second language learners demonstrate different on-line language learning behavior, operationalized as types of learner strategies.…

Presents research in which mathematics teachers and educational researchers ordered arithmetic and algebra problems according to their predicted problem-solving difficulty for students. Analysis of students' problem-solving strategies indicates specific ways that students' algebraic reasoning differs from that predicted by most teachers and…

Describes the metacognitive process as an important means of clarifying the complexity of nature. Presents an activity on sorting solids, liquids, and gases that incorporates a metacognitive technique. (WRM)

Studied the relation between reading comprehension and task-specific strategies used in arithmetic word problems. Results with 20 9-year-olds of different competencies in reading and mathematics show a linear relation between reading comprehension and target strategies used in the word problems as well as a relationship between reading and IQ.…

Proposes that conceptual change is constrained by the child's conceptual structures and the structures inherent in problem-solving tasks. Uses a microgenetic case study and group data to examine how interaction between strategies children bring to a task and the detailed task structure redirect children's attention and create the possibility of…

This article reviews the literature on three aspects of memory: (1) an information processing model of memory (including the sensory register, attention, short-term memory, and long-term memory); (2) instructional strategies designed to enhance memory (which stress gaining students' attention and active involvement); and (3) reasons why…

Uses a particularly contentious newspaper report that makes a cause-and-effect claim as the basis for discussing the important aspects of statistical understanding. Suggests a hierarchy to help teachers plan for and assess student learning in this area, and closes with a plea for teachers to cooperate across subjects in order to achieve results.…

This article describes using a game entitled "Baseball" to help students with special needs review test questions. Students, organized into teams, use practice test questions to quiz each other. Benefits, in addition to making practice sessions enjoyable, include learning content effectively and teaching students how to self-assess their…

Discusses the use of 3-D virtual classrooms for online learning, both by corporations for training and by universities for online courses. Topics include cost effectiveness; required software; problems encountered; and differences between corporate and university approaches to using 3-D virtual classrooms, including presentation and sense of…

Examines the use of drawing as a learning strategy for 5th- and 6th-grade students reading science text. Three experimental drawing conditions and a reading control tested the hypothesis that drawing is effective only when students are supported during the construction process. Results were generally consistent with the proposed hypotheses.…

Investigated the learning style preferences and approaches to learning of international students from Asian backgrounds compared to those of Australian students. Found no statistically significant differences between students in their overall "approaches to learning," but did find differences in "learning style preferences,"…

Discussion of the focus on technology in teacher preparation programs highlights the interactive effects of learning about computer technologies on learning to teach. Describes a study that examined how individual students' beliefs about teaching and learning influence, change, mediate, and transform their understandings of the role of computers…

Addresses questions of evaluating online learning for the Army. Topics include whether traditional evaluation criteria are applicable to online learning environments; the role of the instructor; new evaluation and assessment tools that are progressing learning strategies for soldiers in an online environment; and the importance of active…

Suggests that most instructors, administrators, and software developers assume that online interaction collaboration among students must follow the same format as traditional interaction in face-to-face classrooms. Describes examples of virtual classrooms that use the Web to create new kinds of possibilities for collaboration and learning. (LRW)

Reports on factors and teaching strategies that influence the success of minority students in the sciences. Advocates transitional strategies to help underprepared students learn to bridge or relate different parts of situations to one common idea. (Author/MM)